Design aspects of successful wood

pelleting plants

Olaf Naehrig
Senior Area Manager Asia Pacific / Australasia
Amandus Kahl GmbH & Co. KG

Wood and Biomass Pelleting

- independent medium-sized enterprises with focus on technology

and high quality processes
- family owned for decades reliable business partners
- employees: 600

AMANDUS KAHL GmbH & Co. KG

Reinbek / Hamburg GERMANY
UNITED STATES

Atlanta

FRANCE

Paris / Noyon

RUSSIA

Moscow

NETHERLANDS

Tiel

SPAIN

Madrid

EGYPT

Cairo

WORLDWIDE

Representatives

THAILAND

Rieckermann Thailand

Plants and Machines for

Wood and Biomass Pelleting
Tyre recycling
Organic fertilizer production

Animal Feed production

Disposal and Recycling Industry
Food processing
Oil Milling

Agenda
- Raw materials
- Equipment
- Flat Die Pelleting Press, superior design for wood/biomass
- Recent installations
- Agricultural residues, Empty Fruit Bunches, Oil Palm Fronds

From Trees

 to Pellets

 to Pellets

 to Pellets

Raw Material Challenges

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Raw Material

Some of the Aspects to be considered

- Reception of material
- Flow of material in the plant
- Ash content

- Moisture content management

- Industrial pellets particle size smaller 2 mm, no dust
- Operation costs / Reliability

Equipment

Complete Engineering

Wood Chips

Wood Chips

Pan Grinder Mill

Pan Grinder Mill

Wood Chips G 30 / 50

Hammer mill

Pan grinder mill 4 mm

Pan grinder mill 10 mm

. to be considered

Pan Grinder Mill raptures cell structure

Moisture evaporates faster reduced drying costs

Belt Drier with fabric belt

Belt Drier with fabric belt

Energy supply

Wet steam
Dry steam (superheated)
Hot-water (> 120C)
Warm-water (< 120C)

. to be considered

Homogenization time after drying to level moisture

content

Makes life easier in hammer mill and pellet mill

Dry Hammermill

Conditioning, Pelleting, Cooling

Conditioning, Pelleting, Cooling

Modular Design Options

Flat die pelleting press

Heavy duty pelleting press, best
performance in biomass

Discovered by many users in recent

years

Flat die pelleting press

The Flat Die

Pelleting Press
- Since decades the pelleting
press for fibrous materials
- Strongest machine and
bearing design for wood
- Large press chamber no
space limitations for tools
- Extreme low running costs
- Highest efficiency
and production safety

The Kahl Flat Die Pelleting Press

- Heavy Duty design for best performance
- up to 8 t/h capacity
- up to 500 kW drive motor power
- Longest life time for dies, rollers and roller bearings,
up to 2000 4000 hours

- Lowest grease consumption for roller bearings due

to low roller speed
- Proven results in all kinds of biomass pelleting as
wood, sugar beet pulp, straw, oil palm waste, bagasse

Agricultural / Harvest Residues

Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB)

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF)
Rice husk
Straws
Bagasse

Oil Palm Plantation

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 1

Pan Grinder Mill

For wet EFB
pelleting

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 1

Wet fluffy EFB Pellets

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 2

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 2

Dry fluffy EFB Pellets

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 3

Flat Die
Pelleting Press
For dry / hard
EFB pelleting

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Step 3

Dry & hard EFB Pellets

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF)

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Chopper

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Solar Drying

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Solar Drying

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Belt Drier

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Belt Drier

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Hammer Mill

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Pellet Press

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) Pellet Cooler

Rice husk

Straw from rice, wheat, maize, bagasse

Straw from rice, wheat, maize, bagasse

Straw from rice, wheat, maize, bagasse

Pellets

Pellets

Summary

Kahl Wood Pelleting Technology

- has the answers to raw material challenges

- large scale plants for millions of tons
- heavy duty design pelleting press
- lowest operating costs
- highest efficiency and operation safety
- strong in different biomasses / torrifaction
- strong position worldwide & in Asia / Pacific

Wood Pelleting
Amandus Kahl, your competent partner for Turnkey
Factories, Plants and Machines
Contact:
AMANDUS KAHL GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Olaf Naehrig
Dieselstrasse 5-9
D - 21465 Reinbek
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 7 27 71 - 0
Fax: +49 (0) 40 7 27 71 100

Email: naehrig@amandus-kahl-group.de
Internet: www.akahl.de