Wood pellet fuel belongs to the category of biomass fuels. It is produced automatically by compressing wet sawdust and green wood chips and forming them into pellets of the same form and size of about 1-1Ѕ inches by 1/4-5/16 inches in diameter. As distinct from other biomass fuels, wood pellets are easier to use and need less storage space. They are also less dangerous to deliver than fossil fuels and more advantageous because of the high energy content by weight of almost 7,750 Btu per pound. Their moisture content equals from four to six percent. These properties and plant lignin helps to retain their compact structure and makes wood pellets a first choice fuel.
Wood pellets are classified according to the amount of the ash produced. There are three grades in this classification;
- Premium (ash content of wood pellets less than one percent)
- Standard (ash content between one and two percent)
- Industrial (ash content three percent or more)
Long Pond Hearth and Home wood pellets are all under .35% ash! That’s .75% less than the Premium Standard. Would you want to burn a pellet with 1% Ash? The reason our customers come back year after year is the consistency of the product we sell. You pay a little more to know the pellets you purchase this year will preform just like those from last year. Our pellets are produced at mills that manufacture framing lumber and hardwood flooring. The material used is the byproduct of the milling process.
