The amount of magnesium in the tested pellets was almost
eight times higher than the amount of the main alkali metals
potassium (K) and sodium (Na) (Table 2). The Magnesium
content was also much higher than the dosage recommended
by[12] which is roughly between 0.02% and 0.05% by weight.
This leads to the conclusion that the additives were overdosed
and therefore caused the problems reported, however, it is
possible that for fuels with such low amount of alkali as soft
wood pellets, even with a proper amount of additive, they may
cause more problems than they solve.