At Biom Energy our pellet loads are carefully examined for foreign materials and tested for optimum moisture conditions. Our pellets are made from 100% natural wood sawdust reduced to uniform size and dehydrated to <10% moisture level. Moisture tests are run four times each hour for hammer mill, dryer and pellet mill.

 

Following moisture control, the pellets are pressed and shaped. The end product is then weighed and sampled for consistency. Operational equipment designed to regulate these processes is inspected hourly for optimal performance

Wood Pellet Energy is the future of sustainable heating sources in Commercial, Residential and International markets. Boasting economic, environmental and efficiency benefits, wood pellet-burning furnaces are the key to low-cost, high-return heating solutions.

 

Pellets can be derived from numerous sources, Rice straws, wood chips, Grass, Empty Fruit Bunch, basically any organic material that is combustible and adheres to international standards can be pelletized. However Saw Dust from Virgin wood provides the best resource to make high quality pellets also referred to as Wood Pellets. Biom Energy pellets are high quality 8mm wood pellets. They are manufactured from 100% virgin timber, all of which is sourced from sustainably managed woodlands in the Malaysia. This means that the raw material is transported over a relatively short distance and so has low carbon impact.

 

Wood pellets are made from sustainably sourced dry woodchips & sawdust. This combination of low moisture content, typically 30% for woodchips and 5% for sawdust and high density means that wood pellets are a particularly high-energy fuel: even higher than wood in its natural form. Biom Energy also eliminates binders and other foreign materials that are typically used to sustain form. This allows our pellets to burn clean, cutting down on emissions and reducing environmental impact.

 

 

Production Process

 

Pre-storage –

We start with ensuring, the storage area for feedstock is dry and clean. Passive or active drying may take place at this stage 

 

Screening – 

Raw materials are screened to remove stones, metals and other impurities. We examine sample from each load for moisture analysis and track

results. Visually look at product for foreign material.

 

Grinding – 

The material is pulverised in a hammer mill and refined to a consistent fine sawdust. The Biom Energy accepts pieces up to 30mm, and grinds to less than 3mm. If the feedstock is rougher a shredder or rotary grinder is used first.

 

Drying –  

The sawdust is dried to achieve consistently low moisture content of less than 5% (additional moisture is removed in the pressing and cooling stage).  Most energy is used in drying the sawdust. A moisture test is Performed every 15 minutes based on operating procedure.

 

Pressing – 

Milled material is sieved and conveyed to a pellet press, a perforated matrix with a rotating cylindrical roller. The sawdust is compressed under 

high pressure and forced through the ring or flat die perforations against the resistance of the tapered channels. This is a hot process - in excess of 110°C -

that compacts the wood fibre and extracts and bonds the lignin onto the surface of the pellet, holding the pellet in shape and giving it a characteristic sheen on the outside. A knife slices off the pellets at the required length. 

 

Cooling – 

The pellets leave the machine at around 90°C, and harden when cooled leaving them more robust for storage and handling. Some water is removed bringing the moisture content to below 10%.

 

Screening – 

The pellets are passed over a vibratory screen to separate fines. 

 

Bagging – 

The pellets are bagged automatically in small or bulk bags, or stored in a silo/hopper 

 

Post-storage – 

Pellets must be protected against moisture. Storage time is unlimited.

 

 

Why Wood Pellets ?

 

• Pellets are an indigenous, renewable, natural product and will be available – in contrast to oil, gas and uranium – for future generations. 

 

• With pellets you are independent of international crises and global developments. Pellets have a high calorific value and CO2 neutral combustion

 

• By using pellet heating you reduce your emission of greenhouse gases, better protecting the environment and the earth’s atmosphere.

 

• Pellets are clean and easy to handle. 

 

• They are available in handy bags or can be delivered by lorry. 

 

• Pellets need only half the space required by conventional firewood or logs environment. country; this strengthens the economy and creates new jobs

 

• No trees are cut down in the production of our pellets; only sawdust and waste wood from timber processing are used. Our pellets are manufactured from timber waste products produced through industrial processes, which in the past would have been burnt on open fires or land-filled. Whilst timber is used as a building and fencing material, there will always be off-cuts etc to feed the likes of pellet production.

 

• Carbon Reduction - CO2 is taken from the atmosphere by trees during their life which is released back when burnt or during the natural process of decay. Even allowing for the carbon produced in planting harvesting sawing and transportation of timber and the manufacture and delivery of  pellets, it is estimated that the net reduction in CO2 emissions is 90% better when comparing the use of Wood Pellets to Fossil Fuels. Log fires were the main source of heat until people started using coal in the 1600's prior to the availability of Oil & Gas. Compared to the traditional open fires with up to 85% of useful heat being lost up the chimney, the modern pellet stove is very energy efficient.

 

• Reduction of greenhouse effect. - reduction of emissions of pollutants and “green house” gasses (S, N, CO, Co2, CH4). Liberated carbon dioxide (CO2) in the pellet is referred to as "neutral. "Wood releases as much CO2, how many took for Growth (closed carbon exchange).  Reduction of acid rain. While reducing emissions of carbon dioxide when used as fuel pellets decreases dioxide emissions (dioxide) sulphur. This, in turn, leads to a reduction of acid rain and reduce forest loss. Using wood as a raw material, wood pellets as a fuel in the end saves the forest.

 

• Not degraded during storage. 

 

• Allergy and dust free; 

 

• Aren't inclined to self-ignition 

 

• Granules don't freeze together at low temperatures. 

 

• Wood pellet burners are fully automatic