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Hi Everyone I’ve just read through the posts in the tread and I thought I would make a few points. Firstly wood pellet boilers may seem ‘new’ here in the UK, however in Sweden they are the most common form of heating. Some of the points raised are valid and others not so much. We currently use a Tat...

Our unit is a niche product; most people do not wish to product their own fuel, and large scale production is the only option, and I agree for this a central plant in the UK would be ideal. For those who do wish to produce their own pellets, and have access to the biomass, farmers for example, it gi...

Isn't it more beneficial to produce the pellets at large plants with high efficiencies and so on? And because everybody is always discussing the return of energy investment of nuclear on this forum, I would like to know the return of energy investment of these home made pellets. Plus as I see it, t...

Interesting stuff but could you just tell us, what kind of wood is best for making pellets with? Does it have to be fresh, dry (as in 'not wet', not as in 'seasoned'), turned into sawdust first, etc? Hi Renewable Candy The PelHeat unit is equipped with a Hammer Mill, which reduces the material into...

Hi Everyone Just a quick post to let you know about the blog that I'll be doing from now on. In it will be updates on our own developments, but also lots of information on biomass in general, making pellets, burning pellets, things to look out when buying a pellet burner .... When the pelletizer is ...

RenewableCandy wrote:

PelHeat wrote:I mean yes it has a low carbon footprint compared to what the space shuttle?

That's a brilliant 1-liner which I shall probably blag, if you don't mind...

Not at all

Hi Everyone Well I was just looking around the REA website, and I came across the press release for the project. In it they do not mention where the wood is coming from just that: ?The fuel will be brought in on very large ships (thereby leading to a low carbon footprint and avoiding road congestion...

mikepepler wrote:Once you've had at least a year of sales, see if you fit the criteria to apply here: http://www.ashdenawards.org/uk_awards (I work for them). As well as the publicity for winners, there's ?30k first prizes and ?15k second prizes.

Thanks Mike

That's interesting. When I was involved in the industry a couple of years ago, producing pellets on a local scale was a problem. I know of one sawmill who bought an old animal feed mill to adapt. We visited with the boss of an Austrian pellet boiler manufacturer who took one look at it and stated t...

When will it be available? How much diesel does it burn? Do you heat the wood to dry it prior to feeding it to the mill? If so how? If not, how does this affect the performance of the hammer mill and the moisture content of the pellets? How long are the dies in the mill expected to last before they...

Hi Everyone My name is Christopher Scott; I?m a Director of PelHeat Limited, and a designer of the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer. The unit will upgrade different biomass materials including wood, energy crops and waste biomass (cardboard) into pellets. The key advantage of pellets is that due to their u...