New production line for more effective use of forest biomass for production of heat energy

Approximately 60% of the harvested timber in Bulgaria is small sized timber and fire-wood in ineffective way of direct burning which additionally causes significant air pollution. The abundant resources of technological timber ensures the existence of several big companies for production of particle boards PDC, LPDC, MDF types, laminated floor parquet etc.
One of these companies is Kastamonu Bulgaria LTD. In 2014 the company invested 1.5 million € in purchasing and installation of production line for pellets with capacity of 10t/h. The average annual utilization of raw material is about 50 000 t including wood residues and law quality timber. The new production line ensures 15 permanent working places and help the optimization of the whole production process – optimal burning process, full burning, optimal use of the wood caloricity, automatic control of the burning process. Additionally the pellet production ensures full market coverage with products during the whole year and overcomes the seasonal working modality of the factory. Kastamonu Bulgaria provides averagely 29 000 t/year for the national market.
The introduction of new and innovative ways to make full use of timber as raw material is an example for the other big producers of particle boards, pulp and paper in Bulgaria. The extended list of market products lowers the prices for the consumers and benefits the local households provoking introduction of more effective ways to use timber as source of heating energy.