Split a pallet of these pellets with IHATEPROPANE The last pic is the coffee pellets next to MWP for comparison. Should be an interesting experience burning them. Info from the company's website: JavaFlame™ Fuel Pellets — Sustainable Resources Group
In reality, you can extrude just about anything non metallic. I own a Buskirk pto driven extruder that has sat in the barn for a few years. I took a shot at extruding old wheat straw bales and hay bales that had gotten wet and moldy. It's very time consuming and I don't believe the end product versus the time and energy spent making them even came close to breaking even. In reality I should have fabricated a bale burner and combusted full round bales and used an internal heat exchanger to heat water and used that for heat but I never did.
They collect spent grounds from an instant coffee producer. 25,000 tons/year JavaFlame™ Fuel Pellets — Sustainable Resources Group They claim 11,000 BTU/pound. They also make a wood pellet lubricant additive from the coffee grounds.
That's what I was thinking, but with the price of gas, and getting like all the McDonalds and Dunkin' Donut's employees to actually save them and not just toss them, makes me curious!
from their website they claim they have a system (I presume an extruder) at their customers plant in or around Doylestown, PA and their customer creates about 25K tons of grounds yearly. Not a lot so I bet the per unit cost is fairly high.
More than anything, I'm curious as to the cost per ton and they aren't viable for me as I live a long way from there. Transportation today is the killer. Why local extruders will sell locally versus long distance. Transportation costs negate any savings.
Their Doylestown mailing address is just a UPS Store. They don't say where their clients' facilities are... but I think this one is in North Jersey.
Used coffee is a massive waste stream. I don't know about those claims on the bag, but the raw material is definitely available.
That certainly looks interesting. Pleas keep us informed on the real world results of burning. And, someone else asked, but I must have missed the answer - what is the ton pricing in your area?
That’s really interesting and a very creative use of a byproduct. Certainly keep us posted, curious to see how these perform. Could coffee be the new softies of pellets?
Delivered or picked up? 400 clams is a bit higher than current market price for wood pellets but actually may be less than the inflated price this fall. Actually 400 is just over 100 clams higher than here for conventional pellets last season.
Me, I kind of like Snowy River's ground shells myself, but again, that is a local thing (for her) and not a viable source of fuel for most people.
