Absolutely not. If both were available for the same price, wood pellets would be preferred as they will burn with less ash, making for easier cleanup of the stove. If the pellet stove industry continues to expand at its current rate, however, there will not be enough wood pellets to meet the market. This is the situation in parts of Europe and why wood pellets are currently being imported from North America to Europe (only economical due to subsidies).

Wood is chipped, dried, and ground to a saw dust consistency. The pellet is formed by pressure and heat when forced through a pellet die. Only moisture is added. We do not add binders or glues.

There is a range in BTU values for different types of wood and grass biomass materials. On average grass might be around 8,000 BTU/lb, premium wood pellets around 8,400 BTU/lb, and corn grain around 10,000 BTU/lb.

Pellets are more suitable for the average size house as they do not require as much space for storage. present no pellets are manufactured in the UK so have to be transported from Europe which adds to CO2 emissions but there are moves a foot to start producing them in the UK. Wood chips are sourced in various locations in the UK and are more suited to large houses where the wood chip can be stored and kept dry.

Here are just a few: #1 you don’t have to chop wood! #2 they are much cheaper than propane #3 it’s easier to start a fire with pellets because they’re dryer than wood; #4 they don’t have bark or frozen ants on them #5 they are simple to use #6 they are sold nationwide #7 you won’t have an aching back from chopping wood and #8 pellets are better for the environment!

It is really a question of personal choice. If you use the wood pellets, you must ensure that they are made only from soft wood. It is also significant to make sure that your manufacturer does not use adhesive to form the pellet. Also verify that the wood used does not come from recycling and that your manufacturer is specializing in products for the animals and not for fueling stoves.

There are many things which real libraries can offer their communities that we can't or won't: information and services specific to a particular geographic community, a comfy place to curl up with a book, a physical meeting and socializing place, a focus for community attention. We can do things they can't. Let's work together and see what happens.

We believe it makes sense to use American-made fuel products, especially given the daily increases in oil prices and our dependency on foreign countries for fuel. Pellets are extremely cost effective and are also better for the environment.

Yes, you can but it is not an economically viable thing to do at present given the availability of sawdust (and imported pellets) and the additional processing required.

Most likely not. Average pellet stoves with a standard burn pot are not designed to cope with high ash content. In general, corn stoves will have more potential to handle grass pellets because they are designed to deal with a somewhat messy residue. This is no guarantee that corn stoves will burn grass, corn stoves sometimes have difficulty dealing with corn.

We have the only site burning cool-season grass pellets in North America that we know of. REAP-Canada is burning switchgrass pellets in a Dell-Point Industries Europa stove. Switchgrass pellets are also being burned in Iowa in a Country Flame Technologies Harvester stove.

Not yet. The major advantage of boilers over stoves is that they provide hot water and central hot water heating. Commercially available pellet boilers are designed to burn wood pellets and possibly corn pellets. They have no means of dealing with high ash content. They can successfully burn grass pellets, but will generate a large clinker that would need to be removed from the burn chamber every 6 hours or so, in order for the boiler to continue functioning.

Yes. Straw pellets are currently being used for horse bedding in some markets. Not only are they considered higher quality bedding than sawdust or shavings, but they can be less expensive. Any mature grass hay should make pellets suitable for bedding.

As of now, we do not have any economic comparisons of cool-season grass pellet systems with fossil fuels. REAP-Canada has made some comparisons of switchgrass with fossil fuels and estimated that switchgrass may be economically superior to all but natural gas. As the price of natural gas continues to climb, grass pellets will ultimately be cheaper than natural gas, if that has not already happened.

The pellet is made of a matrix fused with an active product. The ingredients are: cholesterol, cellulose, lactose, phosphates and stearates.

Absolutely not. VFC team members regularly participate in 'real' field trips and consider this an essential learning experience. The aims of the VFC can be summarised under four criteria; Utilising myriad possible (virtual) views for interaction with the landscape and creating views which cannot be seen in reality. Enabling students to work in physically challenging environments (such as the Polar regions, submarine and subterranean areas) that are otherwise inaccessible.

No. What we are seeking to replace is the wasteful and cumbersome networking architecture based on linking PCs together. A better way of looking at an Ndiyo system is as a 'PC multiplier'. With the right operating system, most modern PCs are powerful enough to support five or ten users, but in general each machine is used by only one person. With the Ndiyo approach, almost any PC can serve several users -- and provide them with the same level of service they get from a standalone machine.

We search for sources of wood that meet our standards for wholesomeness and are careful to only process wood that is free of harmful chemicals and contaminants.

Pellets that are too long can bridge or block the feeding mechanism. Our pellets are screened to remove long pellets as well as short pellets and fines. The pellets we sell are generally between 3/8 and 3/4 inch in length. Pellets that are too hard may jam the feeding mechanism.