Fuel pellets and method for making them from organic fibrous materials

摘要

Pellets adapted to be burned in industrial applications are prepared by adjusting the particle size of organic fibrous material to not more than about 85% of the minimum dimension of the pellets to be produced, adjusting the moisture content of the fibrous particles to about 16% to about 28% by weight, pelletizing the particles into substantially symmetrical pellets having a maximum dimension of about one-half inch at a pressure whereby constituents of the particles exude and form a coating of wax-like material on the surface of the pellets, and adjusting the moisture of the pellets to a content which is in equilibrium with the atmosphere.