by STELA Insights | Nov 26, 2024 | Case Study, Case Study BT, Low Temperature Drying Benefits, Renewable Energy and Fuels
Challenge: Acon Timber faced a complex challenge in establishing a state-of-the-art sawmill in a tropical region. Designed to process sawdust, wood shavings, and wood chips into pellets with an annual capacity of 132,000 tons, the facility had to contend with extreme...
by STELA Insights | Mar 20, 2024 | Case Study, Case Study Biomass, Case Study BTU, Pellet Drying Technology, Timber Industry Drying
Challenge: New management at Holzindustrie Hassel aimed to enhance the efficiency and the operational stability of their sawmill facility with the integration of a pellet plant. This strategic move was designed to diversify their operations and optimize the use of...
by STELA Insights | Feb 1, 2024 | Biomass Drying Solutions, Case Study, Case Study BT
How STELA’s Belt Dryer BT Met BERNECK®’s Unique Bark and Wood Chip Drying Needs Challenge: BERNECK® faced a complex task in their Lages, Santa Catarina (Brazil) facility: efficiently reducing the moisture in large volumes of bark and wood chips from 60%...
by STELA Insights | Dec 17, 2023 | Biomass Drying Solutions, Case Study, Case Study Biomass, Case Study BTU
Challenge: Swiss Krono, a leader in wood-based materials, faced a challenge at their Zary facility in Poland. The bottleneck in their OSB production line was the existing dryer, which struggled to meet the demanding task of drying OSB strands from 50% to 2% moisture...
by STELA Insights | Nov 21, 2023 | Case Study, Case Study Biomass, Case Study BTU
Challenge: At TECHNIP’s Gävle, Sweden facility, the main challenge in their biomass gasification process was efficiently managing the removal of moisture under varying conditions. The facility needed to adapt to the fluctuating heat supply, which changed almost...
by STELA Insights | Nov 11, 2023 | Case Study, Case Study Biomass, Case Study BTU
Efficient Drying Solution for Wood Pellet Production for Ziegler Group, Pressath, Germany Challenge: This project is a Greenfield initiative, focused on establishing an environmentally sustainable and economically viable wood pellet production facility at Ziegler...
