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US 10,557,105 B1Granted
Extraction systems and methods
AssigneeBao Tran
InventorsHa Tran, Bao Tran
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Abstract
System and methods are disclosed to process a biomass with a cryogenic fractionator to decimate the biomass into small portions; a holding tank to receive liquid and the small portions of biomass; a cavitator to generate shock waves and pressure variations, wherein the shock waves and pressure variations are to the biomass and the liquid to separate oil from the biomass; a sensor to determine when oil concentration exceeds a threshold; and a valve to transfer the oil and liquid to an oil tank when the threshold is met.
Claims10
A method for extracting oil from a biomass, comprising:
- applying a cryogen to a tank to render brittle the biomass;
- reducing the cryogenically frozen biomass to small portions;
- placing the reduced cryogenically frozen biomass in the tank filled with a liquid;
- generating shock waves and pressure variations with cavitation;
- applying the shock waves and pressure variations to a mixture formed from the liquid and the reduced cryogenically frozen biomass with oil dissolved or entrained within a fluid of the mixture;
- and
- extracting oil from the fluid.
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