Switchgrass Flat Plate Pellet Mill

Make Switchgrass Bio-fuel Pellets With Flat Plate Pellet Mill

Switchgrass is another option for flat plate pellet mill, although at a yield of only 7-11 metric tons per hectare it is outperformed by miscanthus. This grass is also called “elephant grass”. Switchgrass is considered to be the most cost-effective and comparative fuel energy and grows in the prairies of North America.

During the past 20 years, farmers in many countries have made most of their efforts growing biomass crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass. However, little profit was made and energetically efficient transformation pathway has been described to convert this material into a fossil fuel alternative. People start trying to use these warm season grasses including switchgrass for heating. To make the switchgrass more efficient when burning, some content of the fuel such as chlorine, silica and potassium is reduced to upgrade the fuel quality. Nowadays, with the help of pellet making machine, flat plate pellet mill for example, the grass can be compressed into density pellets, which appears to be a way to create highly controlled combustion for space heating applications.

Make Your Own Switchgrass Pellets

There is a kind of pellet stove named gasifier pellet stove which is designed to burn moderately high ash fuels such as grass pellets. In a close coupled gasifier pellet stove, switchgrass pellets can be converted into usable heat at 82-84% efficiency. Compared with traditional fossil fuel and gas, by using switchgrass pellets, carbon emission can be reduced by 10% and heating costs can also be largely reduced at the same time. Moreover, switchgrass pellets offer higher net energy yield, higher energy output, and all these economic advantages make switchgrass pellet over many other bio-fuel products. Want to try this renewable green fuel pellets? All you have to do is buy yourself a small flat plate pellet mill, and then you can easily make your own fuel pellets.

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