We have re-launched our website at www.pelheat.com

Our small-scale mobile pellet machine is still in development, however we now provide a consultation service on other pellet production solutions.

On the website we have a selection of pellet mills, hammer mills, crushers, dryers and complete pellet plants ranging from small scale up to large scale production.

Basically the way it works is we provide you with a free consultation service. You contact us and describe what type of pellets you wish to make, and your raw material, and we show you which equipment you require and why.

We then help you to complete the order directly with the manufacturer of the products.

So please visit the new www.pelheat.com to browse the products section. Each page is broken up into individual product types, with a link to a brochure at the bottom of each page with FOB prices in US Dollars.

Thanks for your time, and we hope you have a good Christmas!

PelHeat Team

www.pelheat.com

New Designs and New Hydraulic Drive System

The original prototype was belt driven from the Perkins engine. The problems were that this limited several key aspects of designing a mobile pelletizer, namely equipment placement and weight distribution. Obviously designing a pellet production process on a small trailer is a challenge in its self, as there is limited space available. There are only so many possibilities where certain items can be placed, for example the pellet mill. Once they have being placed issues such as user access for operation and maintenance must be considered, this again may change the position of one or several components. Finally so the trailer performs adequately when towing, weight distribution is very important. Weight must be evenly distributed in the trailer, or towing complications such as swaying or pitching may occur. So with any new design and layout we come up with, all of the above must be considered.

We have now moved on from belt drive to a Variable Displacement Hydraulic Drive System. This gives us further flexibility with our designs and also has other key advantages. The Hammer Mill and Pellet Mill will now be controlled completely independently, with variable speed adjustment of the pellet mill to adjust to the material being processed. The means the user has options to choose pellet quality over productivity, or vice versa.

Hopper with Double Auger System

The Pellet Mill will now be fed via a hopper system where milled material from the Hammer Mill will be stored, before being feed into the Pellet Mill. The hopper will contain a Double Auger System also powered by the Hydraulic Drive System. Each Auger will have its own Hydraulic Motor which will give variable speed adjustment depending on what material is being fed into the pellet mill.

New Pellet Mill

The Pellet Mill has also being changed with adjustments to improve pellet quality, particularly for high density materials like wood pellets. The new Pellet Mill will also have improved productivity. Hydraulics will give the mill variable speed with full torque.

New Twin Axel Trailer with Weather Proof Cover

The pelletizer is now based on a slightly larger twin axel trailer, which will give improved stability when towing. The trailer will also now feature removal supports for the Weather Proof Cover. These improvements will mean the pelletizer is easy to tow and can be transported under all weather conditions.

Other Improvements

We are also designing the pelletizer with several other improvements to give the user more flexibility and control over the pellet production process and reduce manual labour requirements.

We hope to have developed the final product within the next few months, which will be posted on the Blog and the PelHeat website.

For more information please visit:

www.PelHeat.com

If you would be interested in registering your interest in the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer and receiving updates on our progress and informed when the pelletizer is on sale please send us an email to :

Contact @ PelHeat . Com

Thank you for your interest

Farmers Weekly article on the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer

If you would like to register your interest in the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer please contact us at:

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Wood Pellets
Wheat Straw Pellets
Barley Straw Pellets
Reed Canary Grass Pellets
Miscanthus Pellets
Cardboard Pellets

The fire burns very well giving off lots of heat and warms up the house very quickly. Wheat straw pellets cause a clinker to form in the boiler, but as more pellets are fed through the clinker is pushed out of the burn pot. The next day before the boiler starts up again we remove the clinker. We have the boiler running on a timer in the house, the boiler starts and turns its self off automatically.

If you would like to register your interest in the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer please contact us at:

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As stated in early articles on the blog, the reason we have chosen this boiler is it gives us flexibility in what type of biomass pellets we can use effectively. The boiler is simple, however very robust and can withstand corrosion that would destroy other pellet boilers and stoves. The simple reason is it uses heavy gauge metal, similar to coal boilers to withstand the corrosion of straw pellets for example.

The boiler has a 140-litre hopper, which will hold roughly 84kgs of pellets. There are options to have larger hoppers that can even store your entire years supply of pellets. Because we intend to carry out research on different types of biomass pellets and they’re burning characteristics, we decided a smaller hopper is more suitable so we can change the pellet batch easily.

The door to the boiler has smaller openings to view the fire, and to put logs into the fire without having to open the large door. The Tatano may require more maintenance than more expensive sophisticated systems, however the maintenance is kept as simple and easy as possible. The horizontal heat exchanger tubes are easy to inspect and clean to get good heat transfer. This unrestricted access to the heat exchanger tubes and burn chamber means we will be able to gather more information on the burning characteristics of different biomass pellets.

The last image is of the burn pot, and as stated in earlier articles on grass pellet stoves this design of the burn pot is crucial to the boilers ability to successfully burn a wide variety of fuels. In the base of the burn pot is the auger, which pushes pellets up through the burn pot, the igniter (the white circle) then lights the pellets. Half way up the burn pot you can see several holes, this is where air is injected to fuel the fire.

The auger will be set at different minute intervals to feed more pellets up to the fire. This will depend on the type of pellet burning, as some pellets burn quicker than others. As the new pellets are pushed through, the ash and other deposits such as clinkers are pushed over the edge of the burn pot. The user at the beginning or end of every day or every few days then collects the ash.

We are very happy with the Tatano boiler, and we look forward to using it to heat our home and continue our research into different types of biomass pellets.

If you would like to register your interest in the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer please contact us at:

Contact @ PelHeat . com

Thank you for your interest

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We collected the unit from our engineering partners in Sheffield; we then towed the unit over the Peak District National Park. This was as good a test as any for the road handling of the unit, as the roads over the park are a favourite of many motorcyclists. The unit handled the winding roads with ease, and our Nissan X-Trail, which is not the most powerful of cars, had no problems towing the unit over the hills of the Peak District.

We are very happy with how the mobile pelletizer is shaping up, and we are also happy that the Perkins diesel engines are the right choice for the finished products. We have based the unit on an Indespension trailer, which is very rugged with a strong support frame and the ‘SuperRide’ suspension handles the weight of the equipment very well. As well as the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer been made in Sheffield, both the Perkins diesel engine and the Indespension trailer are also made in the UK.

Now we have our first prototype we can continue to test the unit and design the final product. There will be more pictures and some videos of the unit appearing soon. If you would like to register your interest in the product please contact us at:

contact @ pelheat.com (Please remove the spaces)

Thank you for your interest

www.pelheat.com