Wood Pellet Safety
Standardizing Pellet Safety from Biomassmagazine.com Standardizing Pellet Safety Countries around the globe are combining efforts to develop robust safety standards for pelletized biofuels. By Anna Simet | June 04, 2014 Fires and explosions are an undesirable reality of the pellet industry, and can result in employee injury or death, economic loss, and facility damage. As global pellet production and consumption have soared over the past several years, the buzz surrounding safety and health issues in the manufacturing, handling and storage of wood pellets has become much louder. So loud, that the International Standards Organization has launched an effort, under the direction of Working Group 4 of ISO/TC238, to develop global standards for numerous components of commercial, industrial and small-scale applications. Topics to be addressed include not only prevention, detection, suppression and management of fires and explosions, but also safe handling and stor...