coffee pellets

[Chillz]

I was at a local stove shop and the salesman showed me a pellet made of coffee. Very neat ...the place smelt very good.

I thought this was cool.... he said the local university/college had produced them and it had a higher btu rating and burnt super clean.

I wonder if it will ever take off... Tim hortons would have a gold mine.

 

[NYBurner]

i dont think the smell would come out into the the house like an open fireplace, but interested if it is hot, clean, and priced cheap/competitively.

 

[The Coopers]

You had me at coffee!

 

[bostonfan49]

There are two videos on YouTube about the coffee....they say you can smell coffee. I suppose anyone with the minimum equipment could do the same. There must be board member, yes?

Bill

 

[rcook430]

Now there will be a million new threads on which pellet is better, Folgers or Maxwell House.

 

[Bioburner]

Keurig 3.0, your stove will have to read the DRM in order to run

 

[Peterfield]

Now there will be a million new threads on which pellet is better, Folgers or Maxwell House.

Dark Roast is the softwood of coffee pellets.

 

[Cory S]

Now there will be a million new threads on which pellet is better, Folgers or Maxwell House.

Folgers hands down.

 

[MikeSs]

KONA!

 

[bogieb]

That was so interesting I had to look it up. Here are some links if anyone has any interest:

(broken link removed to http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/02/14/coffee-grounds-converted-to-biomass-pellets/)

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/09/grounds-for-optimism-turning-coffee-into-fuel.html

and then here is a car designed to run on coffee pellets http://www.pelheat.com/coffee_pellet_car2.html

It is interesting what they are turning waste coffee grounds into ( bioplastics, laundry detergents and biodiesel to start)

 

[Bioburner]

I vote for Zavidia , A roaster out of Canada
Not really surprised about pelleting of coffee grounds as most of the world uses instant. Lot of those beans coming from Sumatra if I remember right. I just don't feel the instant has the body of a fresh ground.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

at work so cant look at the links, what is the ash content of those coffee pellets? this in my mind would be the potential "limiting factor" for use in residential heaters if it was higher than 1%

 

[Bioburner]

what is the ash content of those coffee pellets?

Article doesn't state. They are also extracting the oil to produce biodiesel. So I would guess the btus remaining would be low.

 

[tiger]

I'm wondering what the results might be using these in a pellet grill or pellet smoker.

 

[bogieb]

at work so cant look at the links, what is the ash content of those coffee pellets? this in my mind would be the potential "limiting factor" for use in residential heaters if it was higher than 1%

(broken link removed to http://www.balboa-pacific.com/WasteToEnergy/BTU_Values.pdf) states 10k BTU's / pound, 2% ash and 20% moisture - but that is as just a solid waste, so probably not the values of the pellets.

http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/2419/maine-technology-institute-funds-fuel-pellet-projects states, "The beauty of coffee grind waste is that it has much higher oil content than wood," he said. "It has a higher British thermal unit value, [approximately] 10,000 Btu per dry pound versus 8,200 to 8,400 (for wood).". and adds "It turns out that a roasted coffee bean is 80 percent or more wood fiber and 20 percent or less extractable flavors and fragrance". Didn't find the ash/moisture content.

 

[spirilis]

Coffee grounds can also be used to grow mushrooms, e.g. Pearl Oyster... think about it, spent coffee grounds is basically steam-sterilized biomass media and damp, perfect for inoculating with an edible mushroom sawdust spawn.

 

[JimD]

Copi luac pellets,wait...rabbit pellets may work too

 

[Ashmakerman]

Keurig 3.0, your stove will have to read the DRM in order to run

that be a lot of k-cups to open lol

 

[Bioburner]

K-cup, K-carafe and now K-bag

 

[stoveguy2esw]

need a "KPerk" for the old school folks