Wood Pellet Plants

ASTEC

WOOD

PELLET

PLANTS

state of the art, low emission, complete installations

THE

ASTEC

ADVANTAGE

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
A
 ny 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

Astec Facility - Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Advantage

Astecs ground-breaking, state-of-the-art wood pellet plant features

a number of industry-firsts 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 finest
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equipment in the world to infrastructure, energy and forest businesses.

MAGNET
PELLET
PRESS

FUEL
CONDITIONER

CHIP
FEEDER
BINS

HAMMERMILLS

PRE DRYER

LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS
BAGHOUSE

SCALE

HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER

HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER

HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS

RECLAIMER

RECLAIMER

BAGHOUSE

POWER
ROOM
PELLET
COOLER

MAGNET
PELLET
PRESS

FUEL
CONDITIONER

CHIP
FEEDER
BINS

HAMMERMILLS

CHIP
STOCK
PILE

PRE DRYER

LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS
BAGHOUSE

SCALE

HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER

CHIP
STOCK
PILE

TRIPPER
STACKER

HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER

HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS

LOG YARD

BAGHOUSE

POWER
ROOM

RECLAIMER

RECLAIMER

PELLET
COOLER
MAGNET
CONTROL
CENTER

PELLET
PRESS

FUEL
CONDITIONER

HOT OIL
HEATER / BURNER

BAGHOUSE

HIGH
FREQUENCY
SCREENS

BOOM

CHIP
FEEDER
BINS

HAMMERMILLS
LONG TERM
CONDITIONERS

LOG DECK

SCALE

POWER
ROOM

PRE DRYER

HOT OIL
TUBE DRYER

CHIPPER
BAGHOUSE

POWER
ROOM

WOOD HOG

SCREEN

TRUCK
UNLOADER

PELLET
COOLER
LOADER
FEED BIN

BUCKET ELEVATOR

60 TPH Pellet Plant

with three 20 tph (nominal) pellet lines

RADIAL
STACKER

IMPORTED CHIP PILE

PELLET LOADOUT SILOS

Advantage

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.

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.

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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 fines 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 liquified petroleum gas (LPG).

MADE IN THE U.S.A.

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INNOVATIVE MODULAR DESIGN

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.

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 flammable
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 oxygenfree environment. Very little oxygen means very little
chance of fire or explosion.

Vent Doors

Manifold
Tire

Manifold

Girth Sprocket
Tire

Oil
Ports
Return Piping
, Oil

Heat Transfer
Piping
Material Flig
hts
Heat Transfer
Piping

Airlock

Frame

Vent Doors
Hopper
material feed screw

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ASTEC

Astec Control House

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 field-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
efficiently as possible.

SERVICE
Astec 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.

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