wood pellets on OFFER
WHAT IS WOOD PELLETS?
Pellet fuel or Wood pellets is a renewable, clean-burning and cost stable heating alternative and is made from compressed biomass. Wood pellets are generally made from compacted sawdust or other wood wastes from saw-milling and other wood products manufacture, these are all renewable wood substances or waste. Wood pellets can also be made from other woody biomass sources which may include palm kernel shell, coconut shell, whole-tree removal or tree tops and branches leftover after logging which helps replenish soil nutrients.
Pellets are manufactured in several types and grades as fuels for electric power plants, homes, and other applications in between. Pellets are extremely dense and is produced with a low moisture content (below 10%) that allows them to be burned with a very high combustion efficiency.
Further, their regular geometry and small size allow automatic feeding with very fine calibration. They can be fed to a burner by auger feeding or by pneumatic conveying. Their high density also permits compact storage and rational transport over long distance. They can be conveniently blown from a tanker to a storage bunker or silo on a customer's premises.
In summary, pellet fuel or wood pellets is a way to divert millions of tons of waste from landfills and turn it into energy.
Pellet fuel or Wood pellets is a renewable, clean-burning and cost stable heating alternative and is made from compressed biomass. Wood pellets are generally made from compacted sawdust or other wood wastes from saw-milling and other wood products manufacture, these are all renewable wood substances or waste. Wood pellets can also be made from other woody biomass sources which may include palm kernel shell, coconut shell, whole-tree removal or tree tops and branches leftover after logging which helps replenish soil nutrients.
Pellets are manufactured in several types and grades as fuels for electric power plants, homes, and other applications in between. Pellets are extremely dense and is produced with a low moisture content (below 10%) that allows them to be burned with a very high combustion efficiency.
Further, their regular geometry and small size allow automatic feeding with very fine calibration. They can be fed to a burner by auger feeding or by pneumatic conveying. Their high density also permits compact storage and rational transport over long distance. They can be conveniently blown from a tanker to a storage bunker or silo on a customer's premises.
In summary, pellet fuel or wood pellets is a way to divert millions of tons of waste from landfills and turn it into energy.
WHAT ARE WOOD PELLETS USED FOR?
Wood pellets are being used as an alternative energy source for heat, furnaces and boilers, but also in freestanding stoves, fireplace inserts etc. A broad range of pellet stoves, central heating furnaces, and other heating appliances have been developed and marketed since 1993. In 1997 fully automatic wood pellet boilers with similar comfort level as oil and gas boilers became available on the market. With the surge in the price of fossil fuels since 2005, the demand for pellet heating has increased in Europe and North America, and a sizable industry has emerged since then. According to the International Energy Agency Task 40, wood pellet production has more than doubled between 2006 and 2010 to over 14 million tons. In a 2012 report, the Biomass Energy Resource Center says that it expects wood pellet production in North America to double again in the next five years.
Wood pellets are being used as an alternative energy source for heat, furnaces and boilers, but also in freestanding stoves, fireplace inserts etc. A broad range of pellet stoves, central heating furnaces, and other heating appliances have been developed and marketed since 1993. In 1997 fully automatic wood pellet boilers with similar comfort level as oil and gas boilers became available on the market. With the surge in the price of fossil fuels since 2005, the demand for pellet heating has increased in Europe and North America, and a sizable industry has emerged since then. According to the International Energy Agency Task 40, wood pellet production has more than doubled between 2006 and 2010 to over 14 million tons. In a 2012 report, the Biomass Energy Resource Center says that it expects wood pellet production in North America to double again in the next five years.
CERTIFICATION & QUALITY MARKS
Wood pellets are an environmentally friendly fuel allowing for CO2-neutral heating with the highest energy efficiency. In order to offer the same pellets quality all over Europe and the rest of the World, new standards for solid biomass fuels have been introduced since 2011. These standards and certification includes DIN+, EN+, Önorm, CAN+ etc. These certifications set industry standards and norms by which wood pellets should be measured and manufactured against.
Some wood pellets do comply with these standards, but aren't officially certified by the various certification seals due to the cost involved in getting these seals officially approved.
Anyhow, these quality seals stands for low emissions and trouble-free heating with a high energy value.
Wood pellets are an environmentally friendly fuel allowing for CO2-neutral heating with the highest energy efficiency. In order to offer the same pellets quality all over Europe and the rest of the World, new standards for solid biomass fuels have been introduced since 2011. These standards and certification includes DIN+, EN+, Önorm, CAN+ etc. These certifications set industry standards and norms by which wood pellets should be measured and manufactured against.
Some wood pellets do comply with these standards, but aren't officially certified by the various certification seals due to the cost involved in getting these seals officially approved.
Anyhow, these quality seals stands for low emissions and trouble-free heating with a high energy value.
BELOW IS THE TECHNICAL COMPARISON OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED
WORLDWIDE CERTIFICATION SCHEMES
NOTES TO TECHNICAL COMPARISONS OF DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS ABOVE:
1) Additives
Might be binding agent or extraneous material: wet mass basis quantity and type (e.g. starch, corn flour, vegetable oil) to be declared.
For I1 and I2 no additives allowed, could be exceptionally accepted if guaranteed vegetal origin and less than 5%.
2) Fines
for domestic pellets
The amount of fines shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user. i.e. leaving the final storage point or the factory if delivering directly to the end-user.
The amount of fines leaving the factory gate shall also be ≤ 1% (unless there is a different agreement between the producer and their customer)
for industrial pellets
The amount of fines shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user. i.e. when loading at the harbor.
The amount of fines at power plant gate should be ≤ 7% (unless there is a different agreement between the producer and their customer)
3) Ash melting behavior, voluntary in EN 14961-2
EN 14961-2 has ash melting informative (voluntary) ash melting temperature and ENPlus has a requested DT temperature and an ashing temperature of 815˚C. Ash content is determined at a temperature of 550˚C.
All characteristic temperatures e.g. shrinkage starting temperature (SST), deformation temperature (DT), hemisphere temperature (HT) and flow temperature (FT) in oxidized conditions, should be stated.
4) Bulk Temperature
Bulk maximal temperature shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user i.e. leaving the final storage point of the factory:
the exact value must be declared and compared to the ambient temperature delivery +5˚C
1) Additives
Might be binding agent or extraneous material: wet mass basis quantity and type (e.g. starch, corn flour, vegetable oil) to be declared.
For I1 and I2 no additives allowed, could be exceptionally accepted if guaranteed vegetal origin and less than 5%.
2) Fines
for domestic pellets
The amount of fines shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user. i.e. leaving the final storage point or the factory if delivering directly to the end-user.
The amount of fines leaving the factory gate shall also be ≤ 1% (unless there is a different agreement between the producer and their customer)
for industrial pellets
The amount of fines shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user. i.e. when loading at the harbor.
The amount of fines at power plant gate should be ≤ 7% (unless there is a different agreement between the producer and their customer)
3) Ash melting behavior, voluntary in EN 14961-2
EN 14961-2 has ash melting informative (voluntary) ash melting temperature and ENPlus has a requested DT temperature and an ashing temperature of 815˚C. Ash content is determined at a temperature of 550˚C.
All characteristic temperatures e.g. shrinkage starting temperature (SST), deformation temperature (DT), hemisphere temperature (HT) and flow temperature (FT) in oxidized conditions, should be stated.
4) Bulk Temperature
Bulk maximal temperature shall be checked when the pellets leave the final point of loading for delivery to the end-user i.e. leaving the final storage point of the factory:
the exact value must be declared and compared to the ambient temperature delivery +5˚C
WHAT WE OFFER
Since we fully support the reduction of worldwide carbon footprint of various companies, power generators, organizations, corporations, institutions and manufacturing operations, we got involved in the wood pelleting industry. We're therefore in the position to offer wood pellets from not only South Africa, but from across the world!
We have wood pellets available that comprise of various specifications and technical parameters, each client is different and therefore each need is different, hence we diversify by offering wood pellets all over the spectrum.
The main categories of wood pellets supply falls in the following categories:
Since we fully support the reduction of worldwide carbon footprint of various companies, power generators, organizations, corporations, institutions and manufacturing operations, we got involved in the wood pelleting industry. We're therefore in the position to offer wood pellets from not only South Africa, but from across the world!
We have wood pellets available that comprise of various specifications and technical parameters, each client is different and therefore each need is different, hence we diversify by offering wood pellets all over the spectrum.
The main categories of wood pellets supply falls in the following categories:
- Industrial or Commercial Wood Pellets
- Domestic Wood Pellets
HOW WE SELL OUR WOOD PELLETS (QUANTITIES)
Since wood pellets aren't easy to come by in especially small quantities in a competitive market and industry worldwide, we need to sell our wood pellets in larger quantities. The smallest quantities we can supply wood pellets in, is on a "40ft HC Container" - basis. Each container has a payload (actual product weight) of max. 25 Tons. Therefore the minimum quantity we can offer to our clients is ≤ 25 Tons at a time.
Since wood pellets aren't easy to come by in especially small quantities in a competitive market and industry worldwide, we need to sell our wood pellets in larger quantities. The smallest quantities we can supply wood pellets in, is on a "40ft HC Container" - basis. Each container has a payload (actual product weight) of max. 25 Tons. Therefore the minimum quantity we can offer to our clients is ≤ 25 Tons at a time.