Wood Pellet Manufacturing

Wood pellets are manufactured from woody biomass fuel made from compressed wood waste usually sawdust or shavings. The moisture content is around 6-8% and no resin is used as lignin is the binder. In todays economy, where oil prices are at historic highs and global energy consumption is at a peak, consumers are looking for renewable energy to heat their homes, and wood pellets have begun to fill that need in earnest. Currently, demand for wood pellets is far surpassing supply.

Beck has performed several feasibility studies for the production of wood pellets from mill residuals to chipping roundwood. The analysis covers the following factors:

• Raw material supply analysis
• Pellet market assessment
• Technical assessment of pellet plant, including operating cost assumptions and other production-related issues
• Financial analysis and assessment of economic impact of proposed plant