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Making Wood Pellets From the Sawdust
Sawdust is a kind of by-product grinding,from cutting, drilling,pulverizing or sanding wood with a saw or
other tools. Traditionally it is used for making particleboard to make furniture or wood pulp to produce pa
per; also can be served as mulch, alternative to clay cat litter.
The most significant role of sawdust is played as fuel by processed into pellets.
It is an emerging and promising career to make wood pellets from sawdust. Nowadays, hundreds of coun
tries all over the world have built their factories of making wood pellets from sawdust.
As a matter of fact, sawdust pellet made from waste wood is a good kind of fuel to replace traditional fossil
fuels like coal, gas, petrol, etc. It can be used for burning in a stove to cook at home;
Heat the house, school, hotel, or greenhouse, farm;
Industrial scale sawdust pellets production can be used in thermal power plants to replace coal.
Used as cat litter to replace clay;
Also can be used as horse bedding, or beddings for cow, chicken, dogs, and other animals.
Other usages waiting to be discovered.
How to make wood pellets from sawdust?
Knowing the usages of sawdust pellets will follow the question of how to make wood pellets from sawdust.
The process is not that complicated. Here are the details of wood pellet line:
how to make wood pellets from sawdust
Get the raw material ready. Generally sawdust is small enough for pellet making. So the first step is to add
water to the sawdust till its moisture content is between 8-15%, which is the best moisture content for pelletizing.
But if the raw material is wood chips, they should be pulverized first.
Put the sawdust into the pellet machine gradually. Large scale pellet production need a screw feeder to make sure
stable feeding of raw material.
After pelletized, the sawdust pellets are of high temperature that is not suitable for direct packing. So they should
be cooled by pellet cooler.
Then, pellets go through a vibrating sieve, where good pellets will be left, while broken ones or powder will be coll
ected for reproduction.
After all the above procedures, pellets can be packed with a pellet packing machine.
Knowing how to make pellets from waste wood sawdust, are you interested in starting your own pellet making busi
ness now? if you want to know more information, please feel free to consult us.
other tools. Traditionally it is used for making particleboard to make furniture or wood pulp to produce pa
per; also can be served as mulch, alternative to clay cat litter.
The most significant role of sawdust is played as fuel by processed into pellets.
It is an emerging and promising career to make wood pellets from sawdust. Nowadays, hundreds of coun
tries all over the world have built their factories of making wood pellets from sawdust.
As a matter of fact, sawdust pellet made from waste wood is a good kind of fuel to replace traditional fossil
fuels like coal, gas, petrol, etc. It can be used for burning in a stove to cook at home;
Heat the house, school, hotel, or greenhouse, farm;
Industrial scale sawdust pellets production can be used in thermal power plants to replace coal.
Used as cat litter to replace clay;
Also can be used as horse bedding, or beddings for cow, chicken, dogs, and other animals.
Other usages waiting to be discovered.
How to make wood pellets from sawdust?
Knowing the usages of sawdust pellets will follow the question of how to make wood pellets from sawdust.
The process is not that complicated. Here are the details of wood pellet line:
how to make wood pellets from sawdust
Get the raw material ready. Generally sawdust is small enough for pellet making. So the first step is to add
water to the sawdust till its moisture content is between 8-15%, which is the best moisture content for pelletizing.
But if the raw material is wood chips, they should be pulverized first.
Put the sawdust into the pellet machine gradually. Large scale pellet production need a screw feeder to make sure
stable feeding of raw material.
After pelletized, the sawdust pellets are of high temperature that is not suitable for direct packing. So they should
be cooled by pellet cooler.
Then, pellets go through a vibrating sieve, where good pellets will be left, while broken ones or powder will be coll
ected for reproduction.
After all the above procedures, pellets can be packed with a pellet packing machine.
Knowing how to make pellets from waste wood sawdust, are you interested in starting your own pellet making busi
ness now? if you want to know more information, please feel free to consult us.
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