Solid biomass fuels pellets and briquettes

1. Osnovna škola Bartola KašićaVinkovciErasmus+ project 2018-2020Stop Climate Change – Together Europe Achieves More Solid biomass fuels pellets and briquettes April 2019

2. A group of pupils and teachers visited “Spačva”, which is the leading factory of the timber industry in the region, well known for high quality products made of oak wood. The factory uses wood from forests of common oak (Quercus robur). Every tree processed in the factory is between 100 and 120 years old. “Spačva” was founded in 1956 by merging of existing plants. It employs 850 workers. In order to use sawdust and other remains “Spačva” produces wooden pellets and briquettes, which are highly efficient solid biomass fuels.

5. “Spačva” consists of 5 factories: - sawmill - parquet production - final products factory - veneer factory - bio-fuels factory Final products are doors. About 90% of doors, veneer and parquet is exported to the countries of the European Union, mostly to France, Germany, Poland and Italy. Bio-fuels are wooden pellets and wooden briquettes and about 50% is exported.

6. Pellet fuels (or pellets) are biofuels made from compressed organic matter or biomass. Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops,and virgin lumber. Wood pellets are the most common type of pellet fuel and are generally made from compactedsawdust and related industrial wastes from the milling of lumber, manufacture of wood products and furniture, discarded branches. They can be used for commercial or residential heating. Pellets are extremely dense and can be produced with a low moisture content (below 10%) that allows them to be burned with a very high combustion efficiency. A broad range of pellet stoves, central heating furnaces, and other heating appliances have been developed and marketed since the mid-1980s.

8. Pellets Ash ~1,1%Water content ~4,6%Sulphur ~0,012%Nitrogen ~0,13% Pellets are an efficient source of heat, primarily because they contain very low level of water content and ash. Usability of each pellet is almost 100%. Spačva pellets are also renewable source of energy and they meet strict criteria of production according to ENplus standard. You can buy them everywhere.

9. BriquettesAsh ~0,36%Water content ~7,42%Sulphur ~0,02%Nitrogen ~0,11% Wood briquette unlike other products of the same purpose has excellent power of heating and heat inside the furnace maintains for a very long time. Because of its natural characteristics and thanks to its high density and low water content, it burns more slowly and with less smoke from traditional firewood for example. Spačva briquettes fully meet the strict environmental standards and are renewable sources of energy

10. Pellets and briquettes

11. To protect wood from pests, logs are kept in water.

12. In order to protect people who live near the factory and reduce noise, “Spačva” bulit noise barrier.

14. Wood must be dried first.

15. Veneer -only 0,57 mm thick

16. Showroom

18. Before leaving “Spačva”, we got presents:T-shirts with mascot ŽIRKO.