Talk:Pellet fuel

Grey energy

This article lacks fundamental information about the grey energy content of the pellets (the energy needed to manufacture the pellets). Unfortunatelly, I don't have the info so please help out. --TomTompa 14:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

MBTU/ton

While MWh does mean mega(million)-watthours, MBTU is sometimes read as thousand-BTU. To refer to million-BTU, the abbreviation MMBTU is used to avoid confusion. See British_thermal_unit.

Re the suggested nerger: It may be better to combine the wood pellets with data on wood chips as fuel, and keep a separate page for equipment burning wood pellets/chips. In Europe, particularly Sweden, heater manufacturers supply equipment for burning either pellets (made from compressed sawdust) or wood chips. Wood pellets are useful for making use of what might otherwise be waste from wood products manufacture, and are usually dry, so they burn well. As noted above, wood pellets carry a significant energy cost if wood is ground to powder and dried specifically for pellet manufacture E.g. One manufacturer indicates up to 20% of sawdust is burned to dry the remaining sawdust. Wood chips are therefore a very practical option which avoids the unnecessary steps of grinding the wood and then compacting or extruding to form pellets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.243.60.11 (talk) 06:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Bias in Environmental Impact

This article does not present a neutral discussion of the environmental impact of burning wood pellets. The author's viewpoint clearly favors their burning and dismisses the legitimate concerns of the side who believes there are environmental concerns. That section should be revised to present a neutral stance on the issue. Barring any comments, my edit would be to remove the "justification" about the carbon cycle and simply include the links to the outside articles on this topic.

Written like an advertisement.

Wow, reading this article I am left to believe that wood pellets are the most perfectest pieces of technological innovation ever. Really? People can't even write articles about unimportant things like hairbrushes or scented candles without listing unperfect characteristics and yet wood pellets have no problems? Whatsoever? Except maybe C02 emissions? Yeah I think article was written by someone with a stake in wood-pelletism. -I agree. Disadvantages are pellets are more expensive per BTU than other fuels in some markets, the initial cost of the burner is high, and the burner may malfunction if you attempt to burn wood chips, coal dust, shredded paper and/or sawdust in it. Ccpoodle (talk) 20:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)