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EFB Pelleting

I get many calls enquiring about pelletisation of EFB ( Empty Fruit Bunch ).

We did sample production many months back it !as easy for us as EFB is

a single species ra! material as compared to !ood sa!dust !here the

range of !ood density "aries !idely !hich is difficult to control during

material preparation . #ou can see the quality of EFB Pellet from the test

run !as of higher quality in terms of length and density ( $hinier ) . %he

tricks of getting good quality EFB Pellet is at the material preparation side

. If the input quality is good and !ith properly setup Pellet &ill there !ill be

no problem in pelleting EFB .
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EFB Pelleting Plant is more e'pensi"e compared to Wood Pelleting Plant

as material preparation section !ill be needed to process EFB strand into

smaller particles . EFB Input can be in the form of Whole Bunch EFB or

$hredded EFB . $hredded EFB is the result of EFB being pressed in Palm

il &ill for additional oil e'traction .

EFB Plant setup are therefore different from Wood Pellet Plant because of

additional machineries and thus planning ahead !ill bring tremendous

profit later .

In the case ot $hredded EFB or Pressed EFB it need to be cut to shorter

length . %hereafter I !ould like to ry it here !hen the EFB is in short

length . But there are other !ays to do this depending on your setup and

dryer capability .
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&aterial $i*ing is "ery important before the material enter pellet mill

other!ise if the strand is too long it !ill choke the Pellet &ill and +ammed

the machine . %his is !here the skill and e'perience comes into play .

$ome say Flat ie Pellet &ill is better and some argue ,ing ie is asgood this depends on the - ,IE, -if you get !hat I mean ///

%he good pellet mill is the one that gi"e you good quality pellet and high

efficiency !ith minimal maintenance and do!ntime .

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%here are many cases of failure to do it right from start and in the process

losses are huge . 5et correct ad"ice from reputable and reliable supplier!ith kno! ho! to start . &any a times the seller of machineries +ust !ant to

close sales and promise you the sky !here in fact ( and most does ) they

do not ha"e the skill to run a pellet plant !orst if their machineries are not

reliable . I ha"e been to many plant !hich is a failure my statistic 7 8 9 out

of :; are failures or loss plenty of money before they can e"en start to

make profit .

Pellet &anufacturing6hoosing the ,ight Pellet 4ine

I recei"ed many enquiries from potential in"estor on setting up !ood pellet

or EFB pellet Plant .

&ost of the questions asked are as follo!s ) I !ant to "isit your factory in production

We are more than glad to recei"ed any "isitors and offer quotation for our

pellet line .

In my opinion !hat potential in"estors should ha"e asked are ) ,eturn on In"estment ( ,I )

Efficiency
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We claim that our pellet mill and the !hole line can produce ? : %P2 for a

pellet mill !ith @=; internal diameter die 60$I$%E0%4# o"er prolong

period of production time . I belie"e not many can claim this ///

#ou can buy Pellet &ill from so many supplier from 6hina are reasonable

price most can produce : %P2 consistently but not o"er prolong period oftime .

Pellet &ill from 6hina are still in infant stage as the same pellet mill are for

feed production . %herefore it is not as robust as machines from 3$1 or

Europe !hich price are at least double .

Efficiency are "ery important in Pellet Production as the capacity are "ery

small i.e. : %P2 per machine you need to be efficient to make profit . If

your machine can only run 9 hours per day but others can operate :A hours

per day others !ill make double your profit .

In short pellet manufacturing is a race against time .

&aintenance

&any stories from friends regarding their pellet mill performance .

ie cracking roller bearing need constant change pellet refused to come

out need additi"es for smooth production and etc .

: piece of ie cost ,&A;;; should last A;; ton production if the die

crack by =A; ton then your cost !ill go up to ,&=; per ton instead of

,&:; per ton . 0ot mentioning do!n time and failure to deli"er to customer

!ill cost you more .

,eturn on In"estment

I am not sure ho! many of the potential in"estor ha"e data on the

profitability of !ood pellet manufacturing . But I belie"e most do not ha"e

complete and accurate data and depends on the fact that they !ant to go

into this business as there is so many enquiries for this product .

%his business are definitely lucrati"e as of no! if you ha"e this ad"antages

;C rubber!ood < 7;89;C tropical

I hope you can share your e'perience so I can learn from it thanks/

#es too fine sa!dust is not good so adding rubber!ood !ould make itbetter as rubber!ood sa!dust are more coarse .


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It is too technical on proportion of sa!dust mi'es &6 sa!dust particlesi*e die specification and many more "ariable you got to study and learnfrom your mistake based on your material used for pelleting . E"eryone!ould be different due to the abo"e factor .

#es it is flat die.Will try for fe! more !eeks only consider to in"est a better machine.

We no! offer !ood pellet for sale in the local market .

Price deli"ered Klang alley at ,&>;; &%in Bulk Bag .

Belo! are the test certificate and photo of !ood pellet .

We are looking for Wood or EFB pelletingbusiness opportunities especially !ith e'isting

factory !ith at least = ton per hour installedcapacity .If your plant are not producing up to satisfaction!e !ould like to e'plore solutions !ith you !ith


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the hope of cooperating to ma'imise returns onthe plant .Please drop us an e8mail or call us for further

discussion .%hank you .e8mail 8 leesengannLgmail.commobile 8 ;:= M997 ::9 ( &alaysia )

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&aybe I am not con"incing enough in my statement that PE44E%I05 is

"ery difficult .&y records and "isits to many pelleting plant be it Wood or EFB Pellet

till todate the failure is nearly approaching =; plant big and small included

. efinitely the number is much higher than this figure .

Potential In"estor must understand the reason behind it to figure out !hy

so many failure in this industries .

I append the ma+or factor for the failure ) E'perience and $kill

1sk yourself ho! much you kno! about Biomass and

&anufacturing I !ould say if you are going to in"est based on the

so many inquiries you get from the market please keep your cash inthe Bank at least it earn interest . If you do not ha"e o"er fe! years

on &aterial e'perience and fe! years in manufacturing it is a definite

no no to in"est

o you ha"e an enquiring and analytical mind J E"ery action !ill

ha"e a reaction !hen something happen there must be ,E1$0$

!hy it happen it cannot happen +ust out of nothing . %here is a

6hinese saying ie also donDt kno! because of !hat // I am saying

this because this !ill happen many many times and you !ill needyour skill and e'perience to o"ercome it

&ark my !ord go check around before you really decide to in"est in this

industry . %here are too many failure !hich is not good for this industry

o"erall .


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P,E6% B3%%E,

Pellet &ill $moothnessWonder you ha"e heard of the abo"e . %he phrase

!as coined by 554E for making the smartphone "ery "ery smooth . If you are using smartphone you !ill kno! !hat I mean . We ha"eundertaken similar steps to make our Pellet &illB3%%E,# $&%2 .%he reason are ob"ious million inclusi"e of localinstallation cost .%he last year or so material transport !orker cost ha"e increase it isno longer possible for ,I to be : year unless you can run =@ 7 !ith lo!input cost .

Whole 4ine Wood Pellet Plant

= %on Per 2our Pellet Plant

We are a bit delayed in the installation of our = %on Per 2our ( = %P2 )

Whole 4ine Wood Pellet Plant . 0e! date for commissioning ha"e been

push back to End of 1pril =;:: .

4ots of minor problems !ith 6hina Whole 4ine esign and Installation .

I admit !e o"erlook a fe! areas and also the professionalism of 6hina

&achinery $upplier are in doubt especially in Pro+ect &anagement and also

the linkage bet!een each section in the Whole 4ine Plant .
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But in the process !e also learn a lot for our future e'pansion plan and

possibly our ne! =nd line maybe in month to : year time .

We no! belie"e that our pellet mill are one of the best from 6hina and

hopefully !hen it is in production it should gi"e us abo"e :.= %P2 for the

&odel @=; unit !ith minimal maintenance .

2ere are some of the photos during installation of machineries at my plant .

6urrent Pellet &ill Pellet &ill Plant from 6hina ha"e the follo!ing

problems tour of duty to 6hina to search for the best machineries .

Pre8requisite of establishing a Wood EFB Pellet &anufacturing Business A;kghr only. %he manufacturing came but failed to rectify

the performance of the machine.


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%he machine is still running and !e are putting effort to prolong the life

span of the molder.

: %P2 !hat is the si*e of the mould die J &any factors affect efficiency to

name a fe! < &ould ie si*e 6ompression ,atio &aterial used forPelleting &oisture 6ontent of Biomass Feeding ,ate of Biomass to Pellet

&ill ,oller Pressure H etc . 3nless and until you get all the abo"e correct

you !ill not get the optimum efficiency .

%here is no specific type it depends on the temperature you are running at

the roller .

6hina Pellet &ill best model is $42@=; but depends on manufacturer .

$a!dust rying

We are touching this topic specifically due to itDs importance to make

good !ood pellet unless your sa!dust is already dried to :AC &oisture

6ontent ( &6 ) .

If you ha"e gone through our earlier !ritings the cost of drum dryer are

significant for a Whole 4ine Wood Pellet Plant . %he 2igh price are due to

itDs big structure and complication in maintaining stable &6 sa!dust

output . $a!dust comes in "arious &6 from :=C to ;C therefore it isimportant to control the &6 for optimum pelleting other!ise you !ould not

get high standard !ood pellet and high production efficiency .

We !ill no! study a typical drying process base on the follo!ing

conditions AC

= ) utput $a!dust &6 :=C

> ) rying ,ate = %on Per 2our utput

%o reduce &6 from >AC to :=C you !ould need to e"aporate =;C of !ater

based on =;;; kg per hour output !ater that need to be remo"ed is ;;kg

and the input sa!dust is =;; kghr .

%o remo"e ;;kg of !ater you !ill need @;k! ( AA;;;; k6alhour ) of

energy !hich is equi"alent to burning =;;kghour of !ood offcut . In short

:;;kghour need to be combusted to dry : %P2 ( output ) sa!dust . 6ost of

drying !ould be about ,&A ton sa!dust if your offcut cost is ,&A; ton .
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%he 6alculation 6hart belo! is from 1$PE0%E62 soft!are and reconfirm

by manual calculation !hich I did not sho! here due to itDs tediousness of

calculation suffice to say the input data output data and design of the

dryer are correct .

rum ryer selection are important many factor affect the cost of the

dryer in this case !e belie"e rum ryer $i*e of iameter :.A meter N

4ength M meter should be enough to dry = %P2 of sa!dust .

6ost of this dryer should be around ,&=;;;;; landed in &alaysia c!

sto"e electrical panel and cyclone .

We hope to use this ryer and the Pellet &ill to make EFB Pellet once !e

ha"e started Wood Pellet Production probably in 1ugust =;:: .

W PE44E% EFB PE44E% BI4E,

BI4E,

%he boiler are design for !inter heating in Europe and are suitable for

industries !hich need hot !ater e.g hotel hot !ater supply and industrial

cooking .

In &alaysia currently all small and medium si*e boiler are fuel by either

gas or diesel making it en"ironmental unfriendly .

%he high number of boiler using fossil fuel are due to the follo!ing reasons

) 0o other alternati"e ( technology H supplier of biomass boiler )

@ ) 0o other suitable fuel for small boiler

A ) Perception of Biomass Boiler are unclean
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&ost of the abo"e reasons are currently being sol"ed !ith ne!

technological ad"ancement and a"ailability of ne! biomass boiler and

suitable fuel ( Wood Pellet or EFB Pellet ) .

We plan to introduce this type of pellet boiler for industrial user in &alaysia

!ith our !ood pellet .

Pricing start from ,&7A;;; for =;;;;; k6al hour to ,&=;;;;; for

:;;;;;; k6al hour Wood Pellet Boiler . %he lo! cost are due to mass

production for this type of boiler .

Payback are normally !ithin A month to : year inclusi"e of the boiler F6

after the payback period .

6haracteristic of Wood Pellet EFB Pellet Boiler are as follo!s of the abo"e factor are important in the selection of the correct dryer .Wrong selection !ill cause the follo!ings

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