What are wood pellets?
Wood pellets are a form of bio fuel and just one of the numerous types of fuel pellets currently produced in the world today. While other fuel pellets are made from materials such as dried grasses and corn, wood pellets are made various types of wood. By compressing sawdust into pellets, a fuel is created that has benefits in the home, in commercial applications and in the environment. Wood pellets are more efficient than burning cord wood, create far less carbon and have the EPAs approval. Pellets are considered carbon neutral.
Wood pellets are manufactured from compressed sawdust and other waste wood products, and compressed to a uniform size. The fuel has no additives and is bound together by the woods own natural glue called lignin. The pellets are extremely high in energy content.. Cleanliness Wood pellet fuel is very clean. Only 0.05% of the fuel ends up in ash. The pellet is relatively dust free and can be bought in bags or in bulk deliveries. Wood pellet ash is a high-grade fertilizer, contributing to the renewable cycle of this fuel.
