Design of pressing tools for pelleting machines

Miloš Matúš 1, *, Peter Križan 1, Ľubomír Šooš 1 and Viliam Veteška 2

1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Namestie slobody 17, Bratislava,
812 31 Bratislava. Slovakia.
2 ECPU s.r.o., Streženická cesta 1025/5, 020 01 Púchov. Slovakia.
 
Review
World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2021, 04(01), 052–062.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjaets.2021.4.1.0086
Publication history: 
Received on 03 December 2021; revised on 05 January 2022; accepted on 07 January 2022
 
Abstract: 
The growing global demand for energy, as well as the global demand for a higher share of the use of renewable energy sources, is leading to intensive development of the production of solid biofuels in the form of pellets. Biomass pelleting technology is successfully used to produce solid high-grade biofuel in the form of pellets. This biofuel is currently an important trade item in the energy markets. The development of pelleting technology also brings higher demands on pelleting machines and tools. Pressing tools are the powerful core of the entire technological line for the production of solid biofuels. The paper deals with biomass pelleting technology and describes the requirements and limits of this technology. It focuses in great detail on the pressing tools of pelleting machines. The work examines in detail the design of pressing dies and pressing rolls. The above knowledge are based on the personal experience of the authors as designers of pelleting machines and tools. The published information is of great practical importance for the development of pelleting technology and for moving forward in the design of pressing tools
 
Keywords: 
Pelleting; Pelleting press; Pelleting tools; Pelleting die; Densification; Biomass
 
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