System and process for biomass treatment

Dunson, James B; Tucker, Melvin P; Elander, Richard T; Lyons, Robert C

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Title: System and process for biomass treatment

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A system including an apparatus is presented for treatment of biomass that allows successful biomass treatment at a high solids dry weight of biomass in the biomass mixture. The design of the system provides extensive distribution of a reactant by spreading the reactant over the biomass as the reactant is introduced through an injection lance, while the biomass is rotated using baffles. The apparatus system to provide extensive assimilation of the reactant into biomass using baffles to lift and drop the biomass, as well as attrition media which fall onto the biomass, to enhance the treatment process.

Inventors:: Dunson, Jr., James B; Tucker, III, Melvin P; Elander, Richard T; Lyons, Robert C

Issue Date:: Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1092752

Patent Number(s):: 8512979

Application Number:: 12/705,683

Assignee:: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE); Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09B - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09B - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
B09B3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste {or contaminated solids} into something useful or harmless

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
C12M23/56 - {Floating elements}
C12M27/10 - {Rotating vessel}
C12M27/20 - {Baffles
C12M29/00 - {Means for introduction, extraction or recirculation of materials, e.g. pumps

D - TEXTILES D21 - PAPER-MAKING D21C - PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS
D21C11/0007 - {Recovery of by-products, i.e. compounds other than those necessary for pulping, for multiple uses or not otherwise provided for
D21C5/00 - Other processes for obtaining cellulose, e.g. cooking cotton linters

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Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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