Idaho National Laboratory

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• Environment

  
  Method to Produce Durable Pellets at Lower Energy Consumption Using High Moisture Corn Stover and a Corn Starch Binder in a Flat Die Pellet Mill Jaya Shankar Tumuluru¹, Craig C. Conner¹, Amber N. Hoover^{1 1}Biofuels and Renewable Energy Technology Department, Idaho National Laboratory In this study, a protocol was developed to produce good quality pellets using a flat die pellet mill at reduced specific energy consumption testing high-moisture corn stover and a starch based binder. The results indicated that adding a corn starch binder improved the pellet durability, reduced percent fines and decreased specific energy consumption.