Wood Pellets and Briquets and Equipment for Their Production: Market Research in Russia

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Properties of wood pellets

• 1.1. Technical-ecological properties of wood pellets
• 1.2. Quality characteristics of wood pellets

2. Brief characteristics of wood briquets

3. Technologies of processing of wood wastes

• 3.1. Technology of production of wood pellets
• 3.2. Technology of production of wood briquets
• 3.3. Other technologies of processing of wood wastes

4. Estimation of provision of wood pellets and briquets production with resources

• 4.1. World biofuel resources
• 4.2. Pattern of generation of wood wastes in Russia
• 4.3. Estimation of capacity of Russian market of pellets on the basis of criterion of resources provision
• 4.4. Resources, generated in the course of sanitary cutting

5. Production of wood pellets and briquets

• 5.1. Production of wood pellets
• 5.2. Production of wood briquets
• 5.3. Features of price formation

6. Foreign trade operations in wood wastes

7. Equipment for production of wood pellets and briquets

• 7. 1. Production equipment
  • 7.1.1. Equipment for preliminary cutting and grinding
  • 7.1.2. Drying equipment
  • 7.1.3. Pressing equipment
  • 7.1.4. Factors influencing productivity of equipment
  • 7.1.5. Configurations
  • 7.1.6. Features of equipment for production of wood briquets
• 7.2. Producers of equipment
  • 7.2.1. Domestic producers of equipment
  • 7.2.2. Foreign producers
• 7.3. Engineering and trading companies
• 7.4. Import of equipment

8. Estimation of consumption of wood pellets

• 8.1. Estimation of market of wood pellets abroad
• 8.2. Estimation of market of wood pellets in Russia
• 8.3. Economic aspects of wood pellets utilisation

9. Forecast of production of wood pellets and briquets, production, import and consumption of equipment for their production

Appendix No1. Potential producers of wood pellets and consumers of equipment for their production (broken by productivity) among logging enterprises (estimation by volume of generated wastes)

Appendix No2. Potential producers of wood pellets and briquets and consumers of equipment for their production (broken by productivity) among lumber-timber enterprises (estimation by volume of generated wastes)

Appendix No3. Potential producers of wood pellets and briquets and consumers of equipment for their production (broken by productivity) among enterprises, producing plywood (estimation by volume of generated wastes)

Appendix No4. Regions and basic organisations, where installing of granulating complexes, using resources from several enterprises, is rather promising

Appendix No5. Some offers at Russian market of pellets (January-March 2008)

Appendix No6. Flow sheets of wood pellets production:

• 1. Complete configuration
• 2. Minimal configuration
• 3. Basic configuration

Appendix No7. Contact information on some players of Russian market of wood pellets and briquets

List of Tables:

• Table 1. Comparative characteristics of fuel kinds
• Table 2. The main European quality standards on of fuel pellets
• Table 3. Comparative characteristics of wood pellets and briquets (as exemplified by briquets, produced by screw pressing)
• Table 4. World forest resources
• Table 5. Production of wood fuel, commercial round timber, lumber and wood panels in the world, m3
• Table 6. Sources and kinds of wood wastes
• Table 7. Energy potential of biomass and its actual utilisation in various regions, EJ/ year
• Table 8. Calculation of volumes of production (lumbering) of lumber and wood wastes for providing operation of palletizing lines of various productivity
• Table 9. Distribution of pelletizing lines by types of enterprises
• Table 10. The main producers of wood pellets in Russia
• Table 11. Comparative characteristics of application properties of pellets and briquets
• Table 12. Comparative prime costs of fuel pellets depending on site of production
• Table 13. Dynamics and pattern of export of solid biofuel and wood wastes by countries in 2001-2007
• Table 14. The main importers of solid biofuel and wood wastes in 2007
• Table 15. Pattern of export of solid biofuel and wood wastes from Russian regions in 2007
• Table 16. The main exporting organizations in 2007
• Table 17. The main types of grinders
• Table 18. Some reasons of fires in rotary-type drying complexes
• Table 19. Approximate prices on some configurations
• Table 20. The main domestic producers of equipment for production of wood pellets and briquets
• Table 21. Pelletizing complexes and additional modules, manufactured by company "Topgranmash"
• Table 22. Pelleters of LLC "Topgranmash"
• Table 23. Hoggers, manufactured by PJSC "GOZBO"
• Table 24. Crushers, manufactured byPJSC "GOZBO"
• Table 25. Technical data of basic variants of roll crushers UDV of LLC "PKP "VikMakS"
• Table 26. Technical data of roll-type hoggers of stationary crushers DVD LLC "PKP "VikMakS"
• Table 27. Characteristics of combined crushers of LLC "PKP "VikMakS"
• Table 28. Comparative characteristics of soft containers and big-bags.
• Table 29. Foreign producers of equipment, represented at Russian market of wood pellets and briquets
• Table 30. Model range of palletizing lines SPC
• Table 31. Characteristics of equipment, manufactured by JV "Grantech"
• Table 32. The main engineering and trading organizations on equipment for production pellets and briquets, operating in Russia
• Table 33. Technical characteristics of briqueting lines of firm BAS (Czech)
• Table 34. Technical characteristics of briqueting presses of firm Co.„Mafer (Italy)
• Table 35. Technical characteristics of briqueting presses of Italian manufacture
• Table 36. Technical characteristics of briqueting presses of firm Brikstar (Czech)
• Table 37. Dynamics and index of increasing import of equipment for production of wood fuel pellets and briquets to Russia in 2002-2007
• Table 38. Dynamics and pattern of import of equipment for production of wood fuel pellets and briquets by countries in 2002-2007
• Table 39. Comparative characteristics of the main kinds of fuel
• Table 40. Averaged figures of total efficiency of the main kinds of fuel
• Table 41. Cost of heat generation at communal utilities enterprises
• Table 42. Projects of new plants on wood pellets in Russia

List of Figures:

• Figure 1. Dynamics of average wholesale prices on wood briquets in Austria as a example, ¬ /t
• Figure 2. Flow sheet of production of wood pellets
• Figure 3. Flow sheet of production of fuel briquets
• Figure 3. Pattern of processing roundwood
• Figure 5. Dynamics of production of fuel pellets and briquets in Russia in 2002-2007
• Figure 6. Pattern of consumption of wood pellets in 2007
• Figure 7. Dynamics of export of wood biofuel in 2001-2007, t
• Figure 8. Pattern of export of wood biofuel in 2001-2007, %
• Figure 9. General scheme of production equipment of pelletizing complex
• Figure 10. Scheme of operation of press with flat matrix
• Figure 11. Scheme of operation of press with round matrixes
• Figure 12. Dynamics of and pattern of import of equipment for production of wood pellets and briquets to Russia in 2002-2007, pieces
• Figure 13. Pattern of Russian market of pelletizing equipment by firms
• Figure 14. Pattern of imported briquetting equipment by firms
• Figure 15. The main producers/consumers of wood pellets in the world
• Figure 16. Forecast of production of wood pellets and briquets in Russia up to 2013, kt
• Figure 17. Forecast of production, import and consumption of equipment for production of wood pellets and briquets in Russia up to 2013, $ mln
• Figure 18. Flow sheet of production of wood pellets - complete configuration
• Figure 19. Flow sheet of production of wood pellets - minimal configuration
• Figure 20. Flow sheet of production of wood pellets - basic configuration