<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The objective of the paper was to present straw pellets production technology and to determine their production costs. The paper presents also the cost structure and economic effectiveness of pellets production. Tests were carried out in EKO-BIOMASA company which produces pellets. It is located in Biechów in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Unit costs of pellets production were: 310.20 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 1, 285.40 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 2 and 278.90 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 3. The most favourable was option 3 when the pellet production was carried out on the technology line in the 3-shift system day and night. In all three variants of pellet production, the highest costs were in case of electric energy. Its participation in the cost structure in relation to the option was within 42% (option 3) and 38% (option 1). The obtained indicator of economic effectiveness for all the investigated options was higher than one.</abstract>

The objective of the paper was to present straw pellets production technology and to determine their production costs. The paper presents also the cost structure and economic effectiveness of pellets production. Tests were carried out in EKO-BIOMASA company which produces pellets. It is located in Biechów in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Unit costs of pellets production were: 310.20 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 1, 285.40 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 2 and 278.90 PLN ∙ t-1 for option 3. The most favourable was option 3 when the pellet production was carried out on the technology line in the 3-shift system day and night. In all three variants of pellet production, the highest costs were in case of electric energy. Its participation in the cost structure in relation to the option was within 42% (option 3) and 38% (option 1). The obtained indicator of economic effectiveness for all the investigated options was higher than one.

Economic Effectiveness of Straw Pellets Production

Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Informatics, University of Agriculture in Krakow,

Agricultural Engineering

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The objective of the paper was to present straw pellets production technology and to determine their production costs. The paper presents also the cost...

Economic Effectiveness of Straw Pellets Production

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 147 - 155

Received: Aug 01, 2016

Accepted: Oct 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0072

Keywords
pellets, straw, production costs, economic effectiveness

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Economic Effectiveness of Straw Pellets Production

Published Online: Feb 09, 2017

Page range: 147 - 155

Received: Aug 01, 2016

Accepted: Oct 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0072

Keywordspellets, straw, production costs, economic effectiveness

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
pellets, straw, production costs, economic effectiveness