System for producing biomass vinegar and charcoal
AssigneeNational Chung Cheng University
InventorsShi-Ming Huang, Chih-Yuan Kuo
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Abstract
A system for producing biomass vinegar and charcoal includes a furnace, which has an outer shell defining a lower combustion chamber and an upper heating chamber, and an inner tank removably received in the heating chamber. A cooling pond has a cooling region to accommodate the inner tank. A condenser in a collection barrel condenses smoke gases from the inner tank to produce biomass vinegar. A first temperature sensing pipeline removably connects the inner tank, After the biomass is carbonized, the first temperature sensing pipeline is removed from the inner tank, and the inner tank is moved to the cooling region to be cooled by a sprinkler.
Claims12
A system for producing biomass vinegar and charcoal, comprising:
- a furnace including an outer shell and at least one inner tank removably received in said outer shell,
- said outer shell having a combustion chamber wall, a heating chamber wall extending upwardly from said combustion chamber wall, a partition wall extending transversely at a junction of said combustion chamber wall and said heating chamber wall, a combustion chamber defined by said combustion chamber wall and said partition wall, and a heating chamber defined by said partition wall and said heating chamber wall,
- said at least one inner tank having a top cover removably covering said heating chamber wall and closing said heating chamber, and a barrel removably engaged with and hung down from said top cover and disposed in said heating chamber, said barrel having a receiving space configured to receive biomass, said top cover having two smoke discharge openings communicating with said receiving space;
- a cooling unit including a cooling pond and a sprinkler disposed in said cooling pond, said cooling pond having a cooling region to accommodate said at least one inner tank;
- a control unit including a first temperature sensing module and a first temperature sensing pipeline connecting said first temperature sensing module and one of said smoke discharge openings;
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- a collecting unit including a collection barrel disposed downstream of the other one of said smoke discharge openings, a condenser disposed in said collection barrel, and a first collection pipeline connected to said collection barrel and the other one of said smoke discharge openings;
- wherein, when the biomass in said at least one inner tank is heated, smoke gases pass through said first collection pipeline to said collection barrel, and said condenser condenses the smoke gases to produce biomass vinegar in said collection barrel, and said first temperature sensing module detects a temperature of the smoke flowing into said first temperature sensing pipeline;
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- wherein, after the biomass is carbonized, said first temperature sensing pipeline and said first collection pipeline are detached from said at least one inner tank, and said at least one inner tank is moved to said cooling region to be cooled by said sprinkler.
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