It is simple and useful to learn how to make your personal wood pellets. You are able to create your personal pellets for your self and your buddies or even begin a lucrative wood pellet business when you have the right understanding and a pellet mill. Pellet stoves becomes much more popular when pwoplw are in a position people to make their own wood pellets.

• Drying

You will need the material to be dry, about 10-20% moisture content depending on the material. If you can't get it this dry leaving it out within the sun or air drying it you may need a drier.

• Conditioning

You cannot dry the material too a lot for the moisture is an essential element to create high quality wood pellets. Add water if it is also dry and dry it if it's too wet.

Sometimes you might need to add a binding agent like vegetable oil, flour corn starch to name a few based on the material and your pellet mill. The binder is like the glue that holds the pellet together. Some materials like softwoods have enough natural binding agents and will not require any extra binders. It is based on the material you use.

• Pelletizing

The material isn't ready for pelletizing until becoming conditioned and mixed. The primary component of the mill is a roller and a die. You can see a piece of metal with pellet sized holes that are tapered on top like a funnel, that's the die. The roller presses the raw material in to the die when rolling across the die.

The materials are compressed into pellets when forced to pass through the holes. This generates heat which melts the binder. Once the pellets are extruded out the other side from the die they then cool and also the binder hardens to type a dense difficult pellet.

It may sound a little complex but it's type of like cooking, occasionally you need to experiment a little and try mixing items a little differently before it turns out just correct. And also you will soon have the ability to make your personal wood pellets. It's a great feeling to understand you are able to create your own low cost heat supply instead of relying on someone else to supply your pellets.