WOOD PELLETS LIBERIA

Wood pellets are a wood by-product that is burned for heat and energy, and are an example of biomass fuel. Biomass fuels are a renewable resource, and given proper forest management, are limitless.

Manufacturers of wood pellets take sawmill sawdust, and turn it into bullet-sized pellets that are uniform in size, shape, moisture, density and energy content. These pellets have substantially lower moisture content than cordwood or chips, increasing their burn efficiency.

The pellets' high density and uniform shape allow them to be easily transported in rail cars stored in standard silos, and exported on cargo ships to overseas destinations.

In European wood pellets are primarily used electric plants where they are burned along with coal.

1. Wood Pellet Fuel is a fraction of cost of fossil fuel.
2. It's a renewable resource.
3. Wood pellets are easy to ship, delivered in compact bags to the customer's doorstep.
4. Wood Pellets are refined biomass which transports around the globe.
5. No tree is ever cut down for commercial pellet production. Instead, pellets are produced from forest industry waste wood.
6. Wood pellet costs are stable, and not subject to the whims of domestic suppliers.
7. Wood pellets burn at a very high temperature, eliminating the waste product so often associated with wood heat. In fact, a 40-pound bag of pellets produces only three ounces of ash.

PRODUCTION PROCESS

1. Sawdust is collected from sawmill and wood processing areas and transported to a factory side in the neighborhood of the Monrovia Freeport;

2. Sawdust is sieved (sifted) to separate wood shavings from actual sawdust fine particles;

3. Wood shavings are then ground to actual sawdust and added to sieved sawdust originally gathered;

4. Sawdust is then dried to reduce moisture content and mixed with a binding agent. In Europe and Canada, potato starch is used. We have cassava starch which is also organic and has the same binding;

5. Mixed with starch and sawdust are then loaded manually onto a matrix with holes of specified measurement to consumers specifications (such as 8mm by 50mm round. On the matrix, roller presses sawdust mixture where it is pressed through cylindrical holes. Pellets strings are then cut with automatic knives under the matrix;

6. Wood pellets are then cooled and sieved again to remove accumulated particles, weighed, packed in compact bags and stored for shipment.

The product will be sold before producing. Last year a same project has been established in neighboring Sierra Leone, presently producing over 1,000 MP per month with a demand for 20,000 MT per month.