Wood Pellet Plants

ASTEC
W O O D P E L L E T P L A N T S
state of the art, low emission, complete installations
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The first USA manufactured complete wood pellet plant producer
One source for complete installation plus 24/7 support and service
Innovative, industry-changing complete plant design and features
Any wood species, white pellets or torrefied pellets with
no thermal oxidizer required
Emissions below Title 5 threshold up to 850,000 tons per year
Quick assembly and startup with guaranteed production rates
T H E A S T E C A D V A N T A G E
Astecs ground-breaking, state-of-the-art wood pellet plant features
a number of industry-frsts and is poised to change the wood pellet
production industry. Astec, Inc. is a member of the Astec Industries, Inc.
family of companies, a billion dollar per year corporation headquartered
in Chattanooga, TN, USA. Astec is dedicated to providing the fnest
equipment in the world to infrastructure, energy and forest businesses.
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Astec Facility - Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
BAGHOUSE
MAGNET SCALE
MAGNET SCALE
MAGNET SCALE
BAGHOUSE
HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER
HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER
POWER
ROOM
PELLET
COOLER
CHIP
FEEDER
BINS
CHIP
FEEDER
BINS
CHIP
FEEDER
BINS
BUCKET ELEVATOR
PRE DRYER
SCREEN WOOD HOG
IMPORTED CHIP PILE
RADIAL
STACKER
RECLAIMER
TRIPPER
STACKER
RECLAIMER
RECLAIMER
RECLAIMER
LOADER
FEED BIN
TRUCK
UNLOADER
CHIPPER
LOG DECK
LOG YARD
POWER
ROOM
BOOM
HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS
PELLET LOADOUT SILOS
PELLET
PRESS
LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS
CONTROL
CENTER
FUEL
CONDITIONER
BAGHOUSE
CHIP
STOCK
PILE
CHIP
STOCK
PILE
BAGHOUSE
HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER
HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER
POWER
ROOM
PELLET
COOLER
PRE DRYER
HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS
HAMMERMILLS
PELLET
PRESS
LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS
FUEL
CONDITIONER
BAGHOUSE
BAGHOUSE
HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER
HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER
POWER
ROOM
PELLET
COOLER
PRE DRYER
HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS
HAMMERMILLS
HAMMERMILLS
PELLET
PRESS
LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS
FUEL
CONDITIONER
60 TPH Pellet Plant
with three 20 tph (nominal) pellet lines
Each plant consists of 20 TPH rated lines.
Each line is in effect a plant module.
For plants larger than 20 TPH, additional lines are provided.
For instance, a 60 TPH plant consists of [3] 20 TPH lines.
Each plant consists of 20 TPH rated lines.
Each line is in effect a plant module.
For plants larger than 20 TPH, additional lines are provided.
For instance, a 60 TPH plant consists of [3] 20 TPH lines.
The modular design with replicated parallel lines results in there being very
few points in the process where any equipment failure can shut the entire
plant down. In most other plants, a dryer outage would mean a total
plant shutdown. In a 60 TPH Astec plant, a dryer outage means the plant
continues to operate at 40 TPH. In fact, there are very few reasons why the
plant would ever be completely shut down. Even major maintenance cycles
may be performed line-by-line while the plant continues to operate on the
other lines. Redundant design reduces down time.
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PROVEN COMPONENTS
The Astec pellet plants components, almost all of which
are built by Astec in our manufacturing facilities located
in Chattanooga and other U.S. cities, consist largely of
tried and true equipment that has been in productive
service and perfected for decades under extreme
conditions of service worldwide.
These proven fabrication designs have been upgraded
with the latest technology to provide the best possible
wood pellet plant equipment in the world today.
Using proven equipment, with many possible
applications, provides Astec wood pellet plant owners,
investors, and lenders with a high level of product
investment security.
Major components include: live bottom cold feed bins,
a pre-dryer, 40M BTU convectec heater, 60M BTU burner,
bio-mass tube dryer, waste screw, 4,000 gallon hot oil
expansion tank, wood fuel skid, screw conveyors, distributor
screws, wood nes conveying fans, pellet conveying fans,
50,000 ACFM scavenge baghouse, long term conditioner,
pellet cooler, pellet collecting conveyor, dust blower, bucket
elevator, 5,000 cubic feet loadout silos.
QUICK START-UP
The Astec suspension wood dust burners allow quick
plant startups and shutdowns. Unlike traditional burner
systems that typically take all day or more to get up to
speed, Astec plant startups can go from dead cold to
producing pellets within as little as two to three hours.
The Astec burner system is a multi-fuel burner that may be
fueled by wood dust simultaneously with natural gas, oil,
or liquied petroleum gas (LPG).
ASTEC
ASTEC pellet plants are relatively
quick and easy to set up and
start up due to ASTECs modular
design concept. Most major plant
components are preassembled in
our shops and shipped to your site
ready to lift from the truck and set
directly into operating position on
an asphalt or concrete pad.
INNOVATIVE MODULAR DESIGN
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SUPERIOR DRYING AND EMISSIONS
The Astec pellet plants superior drying and emissions
controls technologies enhance safety, performance
and produce less emissions.
We do not use traditional air-swept rotary dryers with
inherent direct hot gas exposure to highly ammable
wood dust and chips. All of the off-gases from the
drying process are conveyed to the combustion
chamber of the hot oil heater where any volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and fugitive wood dust
are consumed, not released. This means that even very
big Astec pellet plants may be operated without RTOs.
SUPERIOR SAFETY
We use rotary hot oil tube dryers. Drying by this
method keeps the drying chips in an almost oxygen-
free environment. Very little oxygen means very little
chance of re or explosion.
Hopper
material feed screw
Vent Doors
Frame
Airlock
Manifold
Manifold
Tire
Tire Girth Sprocket
Return Piping, Oil
Heat Transfer Piping
Heat Transfer Piping
Material Flights
Vent Doors
Oil
Ports
CONTROLS SOLUTIONS AND TRAINING
Astec, Inc. controls solutions are designed by a team
of in-house controls engineers and simulated in our
controls lab to integrate with your facility and process.
The Astec wood pellet plant includes Astec TCII controls
which are designed to provide maximum real-time
control of all operations. Astec also provides customers
with controls training on-site, in person and also by
telephone from plant set-up and throughout ownership.

ENGINEERING
Astec engineers know their stuff. They utilize SolidWorks
3D design software to help you build a plant that meets
your needs now and in the future. Astec engineers have
extensive eld-experience and look forward to going to
plant sites. Astec offers complete engineering services
including foundation, structural and layout services
and assistance. An on-staff Environmental Compliance
Manager provides expertise to make the permitting
process as easy as possible.
PARTS
The Astec parts department has an excellent reputation
of providing fast, professional customer care in getting
the parts you need when you need them, as quickly and
efciently as possible.
SERVICE
The Astec service team is available for calls and ready
to dispatch personnel to keep your plant running. A fully
staffed, dedicated service department means someone is
available to offer assistance no matter the time or day.

ASTEC
Astec Service
Astec Control House
Astec TCII Controls Training Simulator

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