公开(公告)号：US20180334630A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15983479

申请日：2018-05-18

Applicant: ACTIVE ENERGY GROUP PLC

Inventor： Philip J. Scalzo ,  Carleton D. Tait ,  Daniel J. McCarthy ,  Russell N. Taylor ,  Ronald A. Cella ,  Gregory W. Koch ,  David T. Morby ,  Jason W. Hepworth ,  Jason D. Owens

IPC: C10L5/44 ,  C10L5/36

CPC classification number: C10L5/442 ,  B01J3/04 ,  B01J8/0065 ,  B01J2208/0084 ,  B01J2219/00162 ,  C10L5/363 ,  C10L5/445 ,  C10L9/08 ,  C10L2290/02 ,  C10L2290/06 ,  C10L2290/08 ,  C10L2290/30 ,  C10L2290/46 ,  C10L2290/48 ,  C10L2290/50 ,  C10L2290/52 ,  C10L2290/545

Abstract: A process for cleaning and beneficiating biomass is described which may allow removal of entrained salts and light volatiles from biomass materials. The process may also minimize energy use through capturing steam and flue gases for re-use. The process may generally comprise the following steps: prewashing and/or preheating a biomass, pressurizing the biomass in a steam explosion vessel, rapidly depressurizing the steam explosion vessel, releasing the steam from the steam explosion vessel entrained with fine lignin-enriched particles into a cyclone-type gas expansion vessel, routing the steam from the gas expansion vessel to the input hopper, subjecting the biomass to a second washing step, mechanically removing a portion of the water from the biomass. After the biomass has been steam-exploded, it may be washed and used as an engineered soil.

公开(公告)号：US20180334629A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15877937

申请日：2018-01-23

Applicant: Active Energy Group Plc

Inventor： Philip J. Scalzo ,  Carleton D. Tait ,  Daniel J. McCarthy ,  Russell N. Taylor ,  Ronald A. Cella ,  Gregory W. Koch ,  David T. Morby ,  Jason W. Hepworth ,  Jason D. Owens

IPC: C10L5/44 ,  C10L5/36

CPC classification number: C10L5/442 ,  B01J3/04 ,  B01J8/0065 ,  B01J2208/0084 ,  B01J2219/00162 ,  C10L5/363 ,  C10L5/445 ,  C10L9/08 ,  C10L2290/02 ,  C10L2290/06 ,  C10L2290/08 ,  C10L2290/30 ,  C10L2290/46 ,  C10L2290/48 ,  C10L2290/50 ,  C10L2290/52 ,  C10L2290/545

Abstract: A process for cleaning and beneficiating biomass is described which may allow removal of entrained salts and light volatiles from biomass materials. The process may also minimize energy use through capturing steam and flue gases for re-use. The process may generally comprise the following steps: prewashing and/or preheating a biomass, pressurizing the biomass in a steam explosion vessel, rapidly depressurizing the steam explosion vessel, releasing the steam from the steam explosion vessel entrained with fine lignin-enriched particles into a cyclone-type gas expansion vessel, routing the steam from the gas expansion vessel to the input hopper, subjecting the biomass to a second washing step, mechanically removing a portion of the water from the biomass, and evaporatively heating the biomass.