This was an excellent and nicely explained video. I have just discovered the existence of these machines and I really appreciate how well you introduced the operation of it to me answering all my initial questions. Thank you fellow youtuber!
@TeflonTron For several years we have heated our home with a 25kw pellet boiler, we used to burn just wheat straw pellets. You can provide all your heating and hot water with grass pellets, however grass pellets like straw pellets produce more ash than wood pellets and can create other issues.
Thank you for making this super video. Very helpful. I would use a hygrometer if I were you to make sure you have the same moisture content in your grass each time. A good used one is less than 20 bucks
What iff you placed them on grate to expell moisture after made then bagging to ensure no moisture intrusion, dry is better burn. Very impressed with video good work.
This is by far one of the most sustainable pellet processes I have seen. Great job! A lot actually crush logs into pulp/sawdust! then moisten or dry them automatically! then make pellets! I mean if you're going to waste all of that energy to make pellets why not jsut by a log burner instead of a pellet burner!!!!
A 10HP pelletmill will produce 80+kg/hour. So in order to produce 2000 kg (should be more then plenty to cover winter and then some more) would take 25 hours, or 3 work days. These machines just have hoppers like any other machine. Fill the hopper, watch bag fill, remove bag and fill the hopper some more. Bigger plants have more automation. giant hoppers, transport belts and many more lights and switches, but essentially it's all the same.
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Could you make grass tea first, before you make them into pellets, or would that screw up the lignin? A landscaper friend got me interested in making grass clipping tea as a great natural liquid fertilizer. It would be quite awesome to do both that, and then make pellets out of it afterwards, assuming I allow enough time for it to dry first.
We have a small farm only a couple of acres. We have access to cut grass from the areas our goats cannot graze. We are too small to own a hay baler. I'm wondering if these grass pellets are an option for us as a feed supplement for the goats? Easy to store.
@1BAFE34 People who buy these usually have pellet stoves that burn these types of pellets.They can make their own fuel pellets from materials they might otherwise burn or put in land fills.
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I was wondering that as well. Where does somebody get cut grass at. I probably should go talk to some of the farmers around the village and find out where they get their grass from.
Grass doesn't burn as hot as wood and it makes a lot of ash. You can make pellets out of almost any plant waste, but is it worth it? If you're in a cold climate and a pellet stove is your primary heat source, I'd suggest you test different brands and different woods. You'll find a big difference in heat and the amount of ash between brands. I've found as much as a 30% heat difference in heat output. Any wood pellet produces more heat than ag waste pellets.
@qsk2pc602 The smoke is vented out of the building as a wood stove would. The stoves are much easier and cleaner to use and produce less smoke, too, than wood stoves.
what is the make and model of this pellet mill? Also if say the pellets water content was too high could you put it through multiple times to reduce it? Thanks
Paul Ladendorf I was wondering the same thing. How much energy is needed to be put into making the pellets versus the amount of energy you are getting out of the pellets?
Hello sir, i would like to make my own grass pellets for my rabbits. Can i just use fresh grass and add some water to make pellets? Will they come out dry? Do i need to dry the pellets for proper storage? Thank you, sir.
Thank you Sir for your video. I bought one of those in China and I didn't had any manuel so as you Can expect, I blocked the system with to dry material, I did not let thé machine heat enough etc. Now thé holes on the discwhich are suite small are blocked with ingredients ans its vert hard even water Can't move it. What should i do?
I thought of this a while back. This is just about the perfect solution for carbon neutral home heating (and free). This is actually direct use of solar energy. The grass or weeds absorb the Sun's energy during the Summer; then its harvested and gives us this energy as heat in the Winter. All the CO2 given off by burning it is no more than was taken up during the Summer. One might even grow a small patch of tall plants for more biomass. Right now I'm experimenting with pressing briquettes with my arbor press.
CO2 is the molecular combination of carbon and oxygen that is chemically bound by burning. The carbon is taken from the plant, and the oxygen is taken from the air. The amount of CO2 that is created has nothing to do with how much the CO2 the plant already contains. If I'm understanding correctly, by your logic, burning wood would be just as efficient as burning grass due to the fact that wood also soaks in CO2 from the atmosphere during summer. CO2 isn't released by burning. It is CREATED by burning.
CrownOfTheTown Well, thank you for pointing that out. You're such a genius. No, grass DOES absorb CO2 from the atmosphere in photosynthesis. So do trees, but the CO2 might have been absorbed years ago.
discountbrains Yeah, I'm not trying to be rude, but I think perhaps you should read what I said one more time. No where did I say that grass doesn't absorb CO2. Of corse it absorbs CO2. My point is, The CO@ given off by burning is new CO2 being created by the burning process, and has little to do with the CO2 that the grass already contains.
discountbrains Yeah, I'm not trying to be rude, but I think perhaps you should read what I said one more time. No where did I say that grass doesn't absorb CO2. Of corse it absorbs CO2. My point is, The CO@ given off by burning is new CO2 being created by the burning process, and has little to do with the CO2 that the grass already contains.
CrownOfTheTown OK, so it replaces the original CO2, The original CO2 was broken down into C and O2. The plant releases the O2 into the atmosphere. This brings up a new question for me: Does the plant get all of its C from the atmosphere or does some of it come from the ground? Thus, does it release more CO2 in the atmosphere when burned than it had absorbed from CO2 in the air? But, then if this is so all the C it gets from the soil could have been tied to O2 and again it releases the O2 into the air or it just recombines it into other molecules.
@Hamish121212 The cost of feed is almost in hypre inflation mode now! In Arizona Alfalfa just about doubled last week if you can find any. I irrigate bermuda grass to feed the herd, If I can finish some of these other projects maybe I can start on another one!
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I just want to find out whether you still have to dry the pellets after they are extruded from the machine? And what is the machine output (in Kg/h) and well as voltage requirement (in kW)? Would be really cool if i had one of these for my rabbit business.
so if you make these Grass pellets and say you have 40lbs how long can you burn those in a pellet stove, will they last as long as wood pellets are they better
@troybrownrigg Hey mate - I have dairy goats on a couple of acres. I am looking at this and also thinking GOAT FOOD! I can harvest lots of grass during our summer season and pelletise it for feeding out in winter. Does anyone have any experience making grass or lucerne pellets for goat feed? I wonder if a small amount of molassess and minerals mixed with the water would work as this would add some nutrition. And perhaps a bit of grain.
I'd like to see the grass pellets actually burning in a stove as well. The FREE aspect of the pellets is nice once you've paid for a multi-thousand dollar mill.... I've shy'd away from the purchase because I'm not sure if these pellets will perform well enough in my stove. If the ash content is too high compared to premium hardwood pellets it might plug up my burn pot & outside vent. I also don't want to buy ANOTHER multi-thousand dollar unit (hammer mill) to process other items to pelletize. :(
This is what i call green. where can i get this machine. i love it,what better than cutting your grass,rake leafs some sawdust,put it togethers and use it for Fuel?only in US. great how to.
