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US 10,518,220 B2Granted
Processing materials
AssigneeXyleco, Inc.
InventorsMarshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
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Abstract
Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, novel systems, methods and equipment for conveying and/or cooling treated biomass are described.
Claims20
A method of processing a biomass material, the method comprising;
- using a screw conveyor to deliver a biomass material to a first treatment cell equipped with a first electron beam device, irradiating the biomass material with electron beams using the first electron beam device, and conveying the biomass material with a screw conveyor from the first treatment cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.