Knowledge about corn stalk

Corn stalk, also called as corn straw, mainly refers to the stem of a corn plant. Mainly composed by cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. In most places, every autumn, when the corn is harvesting, there are abundance of crop residues, among which corn stalk is the most common one.

Corn stalk is the most important resource for production of agriculture and industry. There are luxuriant nutrition and abundant chemical components. For a long time, corn stalk is one of the primary raw materials of the coarse fodder.

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Why are corn stalks be burned in the field?

Generally speaking, farmers are left with the dilemma of how to do deal with the abundance of corn stalk after harvesting the corn. They are usually be burned with the reason that it is thought to be less expensive to burn them than to spend the extra money to process them again. And there are adverse effects on crops with corn stalks the following year.

What can be used to do with corn stalks?

Corn stalks can be made into high density briquette with the help of fodder briquetting machine. The compress rate can up to 1∶15~1∶5, which can reduce the space of transportation and storage greatly. The briquette may be cross-section of 30mm by 30mm and length of 20mm to 100mm, with the density high up to 0.6t to 0.8t per cubic decimeter. This suitable for the model of company plus farmer with the low investment.

Why make corn stalk pellets?

It is well known to public, biomass pellets are of many advantages compared to traditional fuel. Then why corn stalk pellets made by corn stalk pellet machine are so popular?

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Corn stalk pellets are generally cheaper than other pellets. Especially for the wood pellets. In the farming areas where corn is grown, it is quite easy for you to load up the corn stalks at very low cost.
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Process corn stalks into pellets can solve the energy shortage and environmental problem and can increase farmers’ income. Not only at home but also industrial factories can use corn stalks pellets.
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Corn stalk is a byproduct of corn crops and not generally used after the corn is harvested, making pellet fuel from the stocks is an environmentally friendly solution for heating fuel.
Advantages of GEMCO corn stalk pellets
01
Clean and green fuel

Corn stalk pellets produced by GEMCO corn stalk pellet machine are seen as clean and green fuel which can be widely used at home stoves and industrial factories.

02
Easy to store and transport

GEMCO corn stalk pellets are same in size and have uniform shapes, which makes they are easy to be stored and transported with high density, high calorific value and low cost.

03
High calorific value

The high calorific value makes corn stalk pellets easy to use, the calorific value can reach up to 3700 to 6300 calories by adding coalification agent formula.

04
Environmental friendly

This is proved, through testing, the sulfur content of GEMCO corn stalks pellets is 0.16% ~ 0.26%, which is far below than the coal of 1% ~ 3%.

05
Long burning time

The burning time of GEMCO corn stalks pellets can range from 2 to 4 hours or even more, which can reduce the invest cost.

  • The whole driving device adopts high quality bearings to realize efficient transmission and low noise.
  • Our flat dies can be customized with different holes, for the corn stalks, the holes range from 2mm to 10mm.
  • Alloy steel made components can guarantee the stable operation with low consumptions and long service life.
  • Our corn stalk pellet machine does not cost much, as long as you have enough raw materials, can save a lot of money.
  • All of our corn stalk pellet machine meets CE and EU standard, and much suitable for people want to make pellets at home.
  • GEMCO corn stalk pellet machine has greater yield, can produce uniform durable pellets with energy-saving.
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D type
APPEARANCE DRIVEN BY MODEL POWER CAPACITY (kg/h) WEIGHT (nw/gw) PACKING SIZE (mm)
Electric motor pellet mill Electric motor ZLSP-D 150B 5.5kW 50-100 95/110 800x450x700
ZLSP-D 200B 7.5 kW 80-120 200/230 1050x480x930
ZLSP-D 230B 11 kW 120-200 290/320 1180x540x1000
ZLSP-D 260B 15 kW 160-250 320/360 1240x540x950
ZLSP-D 300B 22 kW 250-400 350/380 1300x560x1100
electric motor pellet mill with enclosure Electric motor
with enclosure
ZLSP-D 150C 5.5kW 60-110 105/125 1000x480x780
ZLSP-D 200C 7.5 kW 80-120 210x230 1050x550x830
ZLSP-D 230C 11 kW 120-200 290/320 1200x560x950
ZLSP-D 260C 15 kW 160-250 340/370 1240x560x1000
ZLSP-D 300C 22 kW 250-400 425/465 1300X620X1100
diesel engine pellet mill Diesel engine ZLSP-D 150A 8HP 50-100 180/220 100x500x750
ZLSP-D 200A 15 HP 80-120 210/240 1460x750x900
ZLSP-D 230A 22 HP 120-200 280/310 1560x850x1100
ZLSP-D 260A 30 HP 160-250 330/360 1200x500x1070
ZLSP-D 300A 41 HP 250-400 410-450 1220x600x1000
gasoline engine pellet mill Gasoline engine ZLSP-150Q 7.5HP 90-120 180-220 1000x500x750
PTO pellet mill PTO ZLSP-D 150P ≥8 HP 50-100 90-110 900x540x1020
ZLSP-D 200P ≥15 HP 80-120 130/150 1000x540x1020
ZLSP-D 230P ≥22 HP 120-200 175/200 1000x540x1020
ZLSP-D 260P ≥33 HP 160-250 235/255 1050x540x900
ZLSP-D 300P ≥41 HP 250-400 305/325 1100x540x1000
R type
APPEARANCE DRIVEN BY MODEL POWER CAPACITY (kg/h) WEIGHT (nw/gw) PACKING SIZE (mm)
electric motor pellet mills Electric motor ZLSP-R 200B 7.5kW 80-120 215/245 950x450x1050
ZLSP-R 300B 22 kW 250-350 540/575 1350x750x1400
ZLSP-R 400B 30 kW 350-450 770/810 1400x800x1450
ZLSP-R 420B 37 kW 400-600 700/1100/1200 1630*620*1400
ZLSP-R 550B 55 kW 500-800 1770 2300x750x1850
diesel engine pellet mills Diesel engine ZLSP-R 200A 15HP 80-120 320/350 1460x950x1100
ZLSP-R 300A 41 HP 250-350 850/890 1100x700x2480
ZLSP-R 400A 55 HP 350-450 1010/1050 1300x800x2600
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