0086-138 3838 9622RICHI has started manufacturing a 7 t/h biomass pellet production line for a Senegalese agricultural processor planning to densify peanut shells and selected clean crop-processing residues.
Groundnut production and processing create shell residues that can be collected at processing locations more efficiently than many scattered field materials.
The customer’s project uses that concentrated supply to manufacture industrial biomass fuel.
Peanut Shell Is the Main Material
The biomass pellet plant is not being designed around an invented 50:50 shell-and-sawdust formula.
Peanut shells are the principal feedstock.
Other compatible clean agricultural residues can be processed during seasonal shortages only after their behavior is evaluated.
Because peanut shells are already relatively small compared with stalks or branches, the preparation route does not require the same heavy coarse shredder used in a cotton-stalk project.
Screening and hammer milling are more central.
Moisture control is still necessary before pelletizing.
7 T/H Industrial Fuel Production
The final product is approximately 6–8 mm biomass pellets depending on the customer’s industrial buyer requirements.
Practical capacity may differ slightly between diameters.
The full biomass pellet project includes shell receiving, impurity removal, drying when required, fine grinding, buffer storage, MZLH pelletizing, cooling, screening and finished-product handling.
The customer expects a large share of production to move in FIBC or bulk rather than small household bags.
Dust control is important because dry shell handling and grinding can create fine particulate material at transfer points.
Concentrated Processing Residue Improves Collection Economics
One reason peanut shells are commercially different from many field residues is where they are generated.
Shells can accumulate at shelling and processing facilities.
That gives the customer a more centralized collection point than residues spread across many farms.
Storage remains important because peanut processing follows agricultural supply cycles, but the material is easier to aggregate than loose field stalks collected over large areas.
The plant design therefore focuses on receiving bulk shell material from processing operations rather than installing a large bale-opening system.
Moisture Determines Whether the Dryer Runs
Peanut shells can arrive at different moisture levels depending on processing and storage.
Material already in a suitable condition can bypass unnecessary thermal drying.
Residue exposed to rain or stored under poor conditions may require moisture reduction before pelletizing.
The dryer is therefore included as a controllable part of the process rather than a permanent full-load stage.
That can reduce avoidable energy use when dry shell is available.
Fine Grinding Must Avoid Excessive Dust
Peanut shell material needs to be reduced enough for stable pellet formation.
However, turning the entire stream into unnecessarily fine powder would increase dust generation and grinding energy.
The hammer-mill screen is therefore selected according to pelletizing requirements rather than a “finer is always better” assumption.
Aspiration and dust collection support the grinding section.
Collected suitable fines can return to the process.
Buffer Storage Protects the Pellet Mills
Agricultural residue feeding can fluctuate.
The project therefore includes prepared-material buffering ahead of the MZLH pelletizing section.
This separates short upstream interruptions from the peanut shell pellet machines and gives feeders a more stable material supply.
Consistent feed rate is especially useful for maintaining pellet formation and controlling motor load.
Product Diameter Follows the Buyer
The first target range is approximately 6–8 mm.
Where industrial buyers prefer 8 mm pellets for bulk fuel handling, that can become the main specification.
A 6 mm product can also be considered when commercial contracts justify it.
The customer is not assuming both diameters will deliver identical throughput or power consumption.
Finished-pellet performance will be confirmed during commissioning.
Industrial Packaging Avoids an Unnecessary Retail System
The plant is aimed at commercial biomass buyers.
FIBC, larger industrial bags and bulk handling therefore receive more attention than small residential bags.
The storage system will allow finished pellets to accumulate before truck or bag loading.
This gives the customer greater flexibility when production runs continuously but dispatch occurs in larger lots.
Manufacturing Has Started with the Core Sections
Current factory work covers main grinding, pelletizing, cooling and conveying equipment.
RICHI Machinery is also coordinating the drying and buffer-storage interfaces so the line functions as one system rather than a collection of standalone machines.
Electrical interlocks will be checked before shipment.
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After manufacturing, factory inspection will confirm mechanical readiness before the complete line is prepared for phased shipment and site installation.
