wood pellets

Stove heating fuel

Wood pellets are small cylinders of compressed sawdust or wood waste, used primarily as fuel for heating stoves and boilers.

They burn more efficiently and cleanly than traditional firewood: We switched to a pellet stove last winter.

Wood pellets also serve as animal bedding and cat litter, valued for their absorbency.

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Opposites
fuel form/processing level

wood pelletslogs

Cut wood sections

firewood · cordwood · kindling · tree trunks · split wood

fuel type/energy source

wood pelletscoal

Combustible sedimentary rock

natural gas · petroleum · heating oil · fossil fuels · crude oil

biomass state

wood pelletsstanding timber

Trees still rooted, marketable

green wood · natural wood

Family

wood, pellets

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G