System and method for pyrolysis of a biomass
AssigneeConfluence Energy, LLC
InventorMark Joseph Mathis
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Abstract
A system for pyrolysis of a biomass including a furnace and a reactor. The furnace includes a combustion chamber. The furnace configured for generating thermal energy from combustion within the combustion chamber and supplying the thermal energy to at least one operation within a biomass facility. The reactor may include a pyrolysis chamber. The pyrolysis chamber configured to house a preprocessed biomass feedstock therein. The pyrolysis chamber may be positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber of the furnace such that the preprocessed biomass feedstock is pyrolyzed by the thermal energy within the combustion chamber of the furnace.
Claims25
A system for pyrolysis of a biomass, the system comprising:
- a furnace comprising a combustion chamber, the furnace configured for generating thermal energy from combustion within the combustion chamber and supplying the thermal energy to at least one operation within a biomass facility;
- a reactor comprising a pyrolysis chamber configured to house a preprocessed biomass feedstock therein, the pyrolysis chamber comprising a tubular body that is vertically positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber of the furnace such that the preprocessed biomass feedstock is pyrolyzed by the thermal energy within the combustion chamber of the furnace, the pyrolysis chamber comprising an auger disposed vertically within the tubular body, the auger comprising a shaft extending a length and flighting extending from the shaft and extending at least a portion of the length of the shaft, the auger configured for mixing at least a portion of the preprocessed biomass feedstock within the pyrolysis chamber;
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- a motor operably coupled to the auger, the motor configured to vertically displace the auger within the pyrolysis chamber so as to vertically displace the preprocessed biomass feedstock housed therein.
A system for pyrolysis of a biomass, the system comprising:
- a furnace comprising a combustion chamber, the furnace configured for generating thermal energy from combustion within the combustion chamber and supplying the thermal energy to at least one operation within a biomass facility;
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- a reactor comprising a pyrolysis chamber configured to house a preprocessed biomass feedstock therein, the pyrolysis chamber comprising a tubular body that is vertically positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber of the furnace such that the preprocessed biomass feedstock is pyrolyzed by the thermal energy within the combustion chamber of the furnace, the pyrolysis chamber further comprising a volatile port comprising a tubular member providing a direct conduit between a top portion of the pyrolysis chamber and a bottom portion of the combustion chamber for volatiles to move from the pyrolysis chamber to the combustion chamber without intervening connections to conduits from outside the combustion chamber, the tubular member having a first opening within the pyrolysis chamber and a second opening within the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.