With the burning of fossil fuels like gas, oil and coal which gives off carbon dioxide back into the environment it has the effects of global warming and more. By using a pellet stove you will be using a fuel that is carbon neutral and of course this will reduce the global warming.

With these benefits the government of the USA and now other governments are giving tax incentives or credits when you install a pellet stove or wood pellet furnace.

Current Energy Prices are increasing every year

With the expected increase in fossil fuel costs over the upcoming five to ten years, the advantages of cheaper alternatives are more obvious. Governments are subsiding the cost of pellet fuels and the cost to heat your home is now cheaper.

Wood Pellets locally grown and not effected by other Countries

Currently we get most our oil from Overseas from countries such as Middle East and Russia, with the instability of the Middle East and surrounding areas the price of oil are rising. Another good reason is by buying local wood pellets you are helping the local community for economic and also creating jobs.

Now you understand why Wood Pellet Stoves and Boilers are beneficial and the advantages of using them, but do you understand which stove or boiler is the best?

Not All Pellet Stoves and Boilers can use the same Pellet Fuel

As with most things different manufacturers will produce different pellet stoves and this is where the guide to pellet stoves comes in. Buying your pellet stove can be an big investment and you will want the correct stove for your needs.

Understanding which pellet stove can burn which pellet fuels will help you get the best pellet stove for your money. The right choice of stove can save money on pellet fuels as well as maintenance as you can choice the stove with improved collection of ash and cleaning

The Wood Pellet Stove and Boiler Guide

The pellet stove guide covers which features you should look out for before you start to buy and some of the designs that should be avoided. This guide is an essential buy before you buy your first or even buying another pellet stove and you may just save hundreds if not more for only spending $19.99.

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In today's uncertain times, saving money is essential and using a pellet stove will certainly help you save in the long run.  More and more people are seeing the benefit of pellet stoves and are converting over. With this the demand for wood pellet fuel has far out stripped the supply.

So now there is a new market which is "How to make Wood Pellets at Home", I have searched the internet and so far not found must useful information until now. The guys at PelHeat have created a small scale mobile wood pellet making machine that we can use in our home to manufacture our own wood pellets.

Many different materials including wood can be turned into pellets in the pellet mill, this is what makes the pellet stoves so attractive, our fuels can be used, and collectively they are called biomass pellets. These include wood and waste wood, straws and grasses, energy crops and many other materials.

Biomas pellets is a skilled process and requires some level of skill and understanding of the equipment used. This is where PelHeat as created an eBook to explain all this and more so you will have a good understanding of the process involved. The step by step guide to making wood pellets is explained in 10 easy to understand sections. The process from the beginning as a raw material followed by material size reduction, drying, mixing, conditioning, mill, sieving, cooling, bagging and storage.

Here's a brief breakdown of what's inside the guide:

Biomass Pellets and Future Potential

In the guide they will explain the production process. How in a pellet mill, heat and pressure are used to re-form the biomass into pellets. The guide will also explain how different percentages in moisture content and natural lignin affect quality and productivity.

Production Process and Principles

In the Wood Pellet Making Guide they will explain the process of production, explaining the heat and pressure is used to create the biomass pellets. Also the moisture content and natural lignin will affect the quality and productivity.

Machinery and Equipment

The Wood Pellet Maker guide will explain that different equipment is used depending on the size and scale and type of biomass material used.

Flat Die Mill and Ring Die Pellet Mill

Each of the above mills has their own advantages and disadvantages which will be clearly explained in the guide. These mills will also have their own speeds, metals and again depends on the raw materials that will be used.

Binders and Mill Lubricants

Some raw materials require binders and lubricants for the mill to improve quality and pellet mill productivity.

The ebook on making wood pellets is worth a read, even if you don 't want too make your own pellets the ebook is great value for your money. The cost saving's involved will easy cover the cost of the ebook within the first few months.

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Pellet stoves are different from wood stoves in that pellet fuel is compressed scraps of wood and saw dust waste and generally comes from mills and other wood handling places. The pellets are compressed by heat into small pellets no bigger than an inch in size. When the pellets are burnt they give off virtually no smoke and hence no chimney is reduced. Pellet stoves may require a vent but nothing as major as adding a chimney to your home.

A good reason for buying a pellet stove is that due to their high efficiency in burning the pellet stove itself does not heat up and therefore a pellet stove can be placed an inch from the wall and yet not over heat. This is ideal when you have children in the house.

Pellet stoves are straight forward and simple device to have in the house. All you have to do is load up 50-150 pounds of pellets in the hopper and the rest is automated and the pellets are moved up from the hopper by the auger into the combustion chamber. By using the fire triangle we have the fuel and we need the air/ oxygen, which is added by several ways. A full hopper can generally last for one to two days depending on size of hopper and the usage. Cleaning the stove is simple as there is little or no smoke residue left behind.

Pellet stoves can be categorized into two types, first are free standing stoves that can be placed anywhere in your home and the other is the stove insert which can replace your existing fire place. Slightly different are pellet furnaces that can heat the entire house and are generally large and are placed in the basement.

Cost of pellet stoves can range from $1,500 to $3,500 depending on the model and location where you buy it from. Wood pellets cost anywhere from $2.50 to $5.00 per bag of 20 to 40 pounds and again this will depend where you buy from. More info can be found here...Cost of Pellet Fuel.

So for a small investment you can free yourself from large energy bills and start saving money instantly. Also the wood pellets are environmentally friendly and help your local economy.

Convenience of Pellet Fuel

• Clean and allergy-free. No dust or dirt is brought into the home with pellet fuel compared to other fuels.
• Stored in a smaller space. Four times more pellet fuel can be stored in a given space than cordwood or wood chips. A winter’s supply of pellets for an average home occupies a space roughly 6’ x 6’ x 6’, which makes them easy to store in a small area of a dry garage, basement, utility room or shed.
• Easy to use. Load once a day. Precisely regulated fuel feed automatically operates the stove according to owner-determined settings.

Efficiency of Pellet Fuel

• More efficient fuel than cordwood. Pellets have five to 10 percent moisture content in comparison to 30 to 60 percent for cordwood and woodchips. This means pellets are a more efficient fuel to burn whcih in long run saves money.
• Higher Btu content than cordwood. Wood pellets have a Btu output content of 350,000 per cub. Ft. of fuel, versus 70,000 to 90,000 for cordwood or wood chips. This means pellets produce more heat than cordwood or wood chips.

Environmental of pellet fuel

• All natural fuel. Once compressed and dried, pellets hold their form with natural lignin, which means no glue or binders are required as a binder.
• Cleaner burn. Pellet fuel has proven to provide the cleanest burn of any solid fuel. Pellet stoves exhaust an average of 1.2 particulate grams per hour – well below the United States EPA woodburning limit of 7.5 grams. This is because the combustion air can be easily regulated, which optimizes the burn efficiency, and because of pellet’s low moisture content.

Sustainability of Pellet Fuel

• Energy from waste. Pellet fuel is made of waste products. It is a practical way to utilize biomass materials from sustainable forest initiatives, especially for commercial applications
• Other Biomass products. Cornstalks, straw, wastepaper and even animal waste can be converted into pellets.

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All pellets are not the same, as they are made form different combinations and types of wood. Curenttly there is over 70 companies in the USA that manufacturing pellet fuel and each one has their own secret recipe. The Pellet Fuel Insitute the industry trade assocation regulates the size and quality of the pellet fuel, which they test thinks like ash content analysis. Ash content determines whether a pellet is considered premium (less than 1% ash content or standard (less than 3% ash content.)

Corn Pellets

North America produces about 300 million tons of corn, wich is enough corn to heat over 115 million homes. Shelled Corn has about the same BTU as wood pellet fuels (8,000 Btu/lb), but has more ash so the maintenance on the pellet stove in terms of ash removal is greater.

One acre will yield 3.8 tons of shelled corn, enough to heat 1.5 homes and is equal to 11.5 barrels of oil. Heating with a closed loop energy crop such as corn can reduce green house gases (CO2) by as much as 5.1 tons of CO2 per home per year.

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Here's some simple steps you can use to find a pellet fuel manufacturer in the USA or Canada

Step #1 - Choose manufacturers closest in geography

Step #2 - Call several manufacturers for the names of their retailers in your area

Step #3 - Contact those retailers for current inventory and pricing

Member Pellet Fuel Plants Currently in Operation in USA and Canada

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Typically wood pellet fuel have alow moisture content of approx. 5%–10% compared to 15% for
fuel shelled corn and around 20% for seasoned fire wood.

Some wood pellet fuels contain either petroleum or non-petroleum lignin used as a lubricant in the pellet production process, though most contain no additives. Pellets made from agricultural waste contain more ash, but can produce more heat than wood pellet fuel.

Under the PFI standards, there are two pellet fuel grades:

premium and standard.

The main difference between grades is in the inorganic ash content, premium pellet fuels should be
less than 1% ash content where as standard pelet fuel which is less than 3%. Premium is usually made of core wood (not bark).

Pellet stoves designed for low-ash (typically top-fed stoves) tend to operate poorly
when used with pellets of a higher ash content. Many pellet appliance
manufacturers are redesigning their products to burn pellets with varying ash
contents.

Although pellet fuel availability is increasing, you should be sure there is a reliable
pellet fuel supplier in your area before purchasing a pellet stove.

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Now back to the pellet fuel cost we can compare the price to the cost of wood. Pellet fuel are more expensive, at $130 to $200 per ton, compared with firewood, which runs from $100 to $175 per cord. But we can't just compare like that.

One ton of pellets fuel consists of 50 bags that weigh 40 pounds each. A cord of wood, which measures 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet is purchased by volume, which of course includes the voids between stacked logs and the moisture in wood that can't be converted to heat (20 percent to 30 percent). As a rule of thumb, one ton of pellets is roughly equivalent to about 1 1/2 cords of wood.

We can also evaluate based in the usage. Wood stove users burn from around 3 to 4 cords of wood per year. An average pellet stove appliance will use from 1 to 3 tons of pellets per year. Figuring in the costs above, pellets are often less expensive than cord wood. Of course, other advantages are time, as you save on the stacking and carrying of wood, and you need less storage space too, pellets can be stored in only one-third the space needed for cord wood.

A key factor to the cost of pellets is the location as you will need a supply nearby else you end up playing for transportation. Most of the pellet mills in the United States and Canada are located near lumber mills, furniture manufacturing, or millwork plants so be sure to ask your wood stove dealer about sources and prices.

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One good advantage with Pellet fuel is they can be stored aeasily as they come in bags, so many consumers will buy in the chea summer season rather than wait to the expense winter season.

The selling price, of course, is only a part of the overall cost. The primary issue is the cost of energy, which is measured in dollars per million British thermal units ($/MM Btu). Pellets purchased at the average $150 per ton and burned in a typical pellet stove cost about $11.50 per million Btu, a figure that is less than the cost of electric heat and competitive with average energy costs of some other fuels.

While tables and charts assume average appliance efficiencies and fuel costs, real world experiences vary widely. The actual cost of heating a home must take into account other factors like your homes insulation and tightness of the home, its size and layout, the level of comfort desired, and local climate.

Other economic factors impacting energy costs, though hard to quantify, are also worth consideration. Biomass pellets reduce the use of dwindling fossil fuels, often imported from foreign countries. Every ton of waste material used in pellets fuel reduces the rising costs associated with waste disposal.

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These voluntary industry standards will assume as much uniformity in the pellet fuel as is possible for naturally grown materials. PFI graded fuel must meet tests for the following areas:

• Density-consistent hardness and energy content (minimum 40 pounds/ cubic foot)
• Dimensions-length (1 1/2" maximum) and diameter (1/4"or 5/16") to assure" predictable fuel amounts and to prevent fuel jamming
• Fines-limited amount of sawdust from pellet breakdown to avoid dust while loading and problems with pellet flow during operation (amount of fines passing through 1/8" screen no more than .5% by weight)"
• Chlorides-limited salt content (no more than 300 parts per million) to avoid stove or vent rusting
• Ash-important factor in the maintenance frequency.

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