I'd also stick with paper pulp rather than adding cement etc. Paper it burns well as writing sheets, but in bulk lump form its hard to light, and tends towards just slowly smouldering, ie the flame goes out unless you encourage it somehow. Paper's a perfectly good fuel ingredient if your burner can handle the high level of ash it produces.
BTW cast paper pulp is very light & porous, but it does stick a bit.
I dont know whether your wet process includes compressing the output material. Doing so squeezes the bulk of the water out, minimising drying time and risk of mould.
If I used pellet heating I'd be inclined to include absolutely any waste stream in them that's safe to burn and of no other value.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "mciceteade" <mciceteade@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have ran across this forum, in search for a diy paper pellet making, mainly for heating puposes.
> My personal project ( www.onealternative.us ) has used grass pellets in the past. I use sun dried grass add some used kitchen grease and water to pelletize my grass clippings. I was wondering about adding paper to the mix to increase the density of my pellets so they would stay together better instead of falling apart as easy. As well add some first lighting capability of the burner.
> Anyhow does anyone have experience in producing paper pellets for heating purposes?
> What are the incredience that you might have used before?
> Possibly some one could point me in the right direction.
> Thanks for your help
> Joe
>
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