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With the advent of cold weather and before the start of the heating season, owners of pellet boilers are faced with a choice - which pellets to purchase. Since several tons are bought at one time, it is important to determine which product is being offered to you. Manufacturers, as a rule, offer to get a trial batch and melt the boiler. But it is not always possible to test. In this article, we tried to systematize all the information about this type of fuel, so that customers have the opportunity to determine the quality of pellets without burning. Production
Raw materials for wood pellets are sawdust, wood chips, shavings of various types of wood, illiquid wooden products, etc. On the wood pellet press, multiple grinding and drying of the raw material takes place. This device using a shaft and rollers squeezes the feedstock through the cells of the mould at a temperature about 250-300 C. Under these conditions, wood releases lignin, which is a natural substance, promoting the natural b…

A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network provides an update of wood pellet production in Russia, predicting continued growth in the country’s pellet industry.

The report states that while Russia’s wood pellet production industry is relatively young, the country currently accounts for approximately 6 percent of world wood pellet exports and currently ranks eighth in the world for total wood pellet production, with 3 percent of total world wood pellet production.

Russia produced approximately 1.75 million metric tons of wood pellets last year, up 32 percent when compared to 2016 production. The increase is attributed to continued strong demand from the European Union and new markets in Asia, including Japan and China.

The country exported approximately 1.44 million metric tons of wood pellets in 2017, up 34 percent when compared to 2016. This year, wood pellet exports are expected to reach 1.5 million metric tons. Leadin…