Lab and Bench-Scale Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Chips—Process Optimization and Pellet Quality

Shang, Lei; Nielsen, Niels Peter K.; Stelte, Wolfgang; Dahl, Jens Peder; Ahrenfeldt, Jesper; Holm, Jesper; Puig-Arnavat, Maria; Bach, Lars; Henriksen, Ulrik Birk

doi:10.1007/s12155-013-9354-z

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“…A review of available literature on pelletization of torrefied wood indicated that one of the most important requirements for obtaining good quality pellets is that the die temperature used for pelletization corresponds to that at which softening and/or melting of the binder occurs [4,7,8,[13][14][15][16][17]. Hence, identifying the glass transition temperature (T g ) of the binder was essential for selecting the pelletization parameters.…”

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“…Even though torrefied wood pellets have several attractive properties and are in many cases superior fuels compared to untreated biomass and biopellets, pelletization of torrefied biomass is more technically challenging and energy intensive compared to pelletization of raw biomass [3,[11][12][13][14][15][16]. Hence, significant research interest has focused on making the pelletization process easier and/or improving the durability of pellets without compromising fuel quality.…”

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Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Using a Proteinaceous Binder Developed from Hydrolyzed Specified Risk Materials

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Pressing issues such as a growing energy demand and the need for energy diversification, emission reduction, and environmental protection serve as motivation for the utilization of biomass for production of sustainable fuels. However, use of biomass is currently limited due to its high moisture content, relatively low bulk and energy densities, and variability in shape and size, relative to fossil-based fuels such as coal. In recent years, a combination of thermochemical treatment (torrefaction) of biomass and subsequent pelletization has resulted in a renewable fuel that can potentially substitute for coal. However, production of torrefied wood pellets that satisfy fuel quality standards and other logistical requirements typically requires the use of an external binder. Here, we describe the development of a renewable binder from proteinaceous material recovered from specified risk materials (SRM), a negative-value byproduct from the rendering industry. Our binder was developed by co-reacting peptides recovered from hydrolyzed SRM with a polyamidoamine epichlorohydrin (PAE) resin, and then assessed through pelleting trials with a bench-scale continuous operating pelletizer. Torrefied wood pellets generated using peptides-PAE binder at 3% binder level satisfied ISO requirements for durability, higher heating value, and bulk density for TW2a type thermally-treated wood pellets. This proof-of-concept work demonstrates the potential of using an SRM-derived binder to improve the durability of torrefied wood pellets.

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Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Using a Proteinaceous Binder Developed from Hydrolyzed Specified Risk Materials

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“…The grinding energy consumption of pellets produced in the bench-scale pellet mill, was determined using a commercial coffee grinder (Kenia, Mahlkönig, Germany) with a screw conveyor feeding system and a disk grinding system [25,26]. The distance between the two separate disks could be adjusted manually.…”

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From a single pellet press to a bench scale pellet mill — Pelletizing six different biomass feedstocks

Puig-Arnavat

Shang

Sárossy

et al. 2016

Fuel Processing Technology

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“…However, using a largescale pellet mill to study the effects of various parameters on pelletizing characteristics and pellets quality is time and material consuming, and some process parameters such as temperature and friction in the channels of the die cannot be easily controlled because of their interaction effects [28]. A single pelletizer is therefore widely used method for testing the pelletizing characteristics of a new type of biomass.…”

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Effect of process parameters and raw material characteristics on physical and mechanical properties of wood pellets made from sugar maple particles

Nguyen

Cloutier

Achim

et al. 2015

Biomass and Bioenergy

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Lab and Bench-Scale Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Chips—Process Optimization and Pellet Quality

Cited by 59 publications

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Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Using a Proteinaceous Binder Developed from Hydrolyzed Specified Risk Materials

Pelletization of Torrefied Wood Using a Proteinaceous Binder Developed from Hydrolyzed Specified Risk Materials

From a single pellet press to a bench scale pellet mill — Pelletizing six different biomass feedstocks

Effect of process parameters and raw material characteristics on physical and mechanical properties of wood pellets made from sugar maple particles

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