The process can cost effectively carbonize and pelletize almost any form of biomass with virtually no external energy inputs. |
If you're not, and you're relatively close to a sawmill, you can pelletize, and it can be much cheaper than oil. |
The second stage, with its own motor and gearbox, homogenizes the polymer and builds up pressure to pelletize. |
Enerkem's technology is based on a bubbling fluidized bed reactor with a front-end feeding system that is capable of handling fluffy material with no need to pelletize it. |
Opportunities may exist to pelletize the ash or separate the large char pieces and return them for burning leaving a finer material that may be suited to granulation. |
Additionally the polymerization system includes resin storage bins, and an extruder to mix additives into and pelletize the resin. |