Biomass Pelletizing Process: A Review/Proces peletiranja biomase - pregled literature

• Published in: Drvna industrija Vol. 73; no. 1; p. 99
• Main Authors: Dujmovic, Marin, Safran, Branimir, Jug, Matija, Radmanovic, Kristijan, Antonovic, Alan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sveuciliste U Zagrebu 01.03.2022
• ISSN: 0012-6772
• DOI: 10.5552/drvind.2022.2139

A review paper was designed as a lab-scale start-up guideline for general pelletizing process and technologies for biomass feedstock. The main body consists of summarized published research on the topic of all main parts of the biomass pelletizing process and technology, including machinery and their parts, optimal feedstock conditions as well as pellet forming processes and principles. This paper is more focused on the specific parameters necessary to obtain optimal pelletizing process that results in desired pellet quality, and less on feedstock preparation, final product post-treatment (e.g. cooling), handling (storage, transportation) or exact quality specifications. A summary of the suggested feedstock, technological and other parameters for the purpose of easier lab-scale start-up of biomass pellets production, which is based on the cited literature throughout this paper, is given in the last section. KEYWORDS: biomass feedstock; pellets; pelletizing technology; pelletizing process; feedstock parameters SAZETAK 'Pregledni rad pripremljen je kao laboratorijski prirucni materijal za osnovne procese i tehnologije peletiranja biomase. U njemu su sistematizirane spoznaje iz dostupnih izvora literature o temi glavnih dijelova procesa i tehnologije peletiranja biomase, ukljucujuci strojeve i njihove pripadajuce dijelove, optimalne ulazne parametre sirovine, kao i nacela i procese izrade peleta. Ovaj je prirucni materijal vise usmjeren na specificne parametre nuzne za optimalan proces peletiranja radi dobivanja peleta zeljene kvalitete, a manje na pripremu sirovine, tretiranje proizvedenog peleta (npr hladenje), rukovanje peletima (skladistenje, transport) Hi na odredena kvalitativna svojstva peleta. Sazetak preporucenih te hnoloskih parametara i ulaznih parametara sirovine, koji se temelji na informacijama iz navedene i citirane literature, nalazi se na kraju ovoga preglednog rada. KLJUCNE Rl JECI: biomasa/sirovina; pelet; tehnologij a peletiranja; proces peletiranja; parametri sirovine