System, controller, and method for decortication processing
OwnerRobert Czinner, Wade Chuteinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for optimizing flexible material handling for decorticated agricultural biomass. The method including: receiving decorticated components of the decorticated agricultural biomass, the decorticated components including bast fibre and hurd; analyzing one or more mechanical characteristics of the bast fibre; determining if the bast fibre is above a predetermined quality threshold based on the analyzed mechanical characteristics; where the bast fibre is above the predetermined threshold, directing the bast fibre for cutting, and cutting the bast fibre into one or more lengths; and where the bast fibre is below the predetermined threshold, directing the bast fibre for blending, and blending the bast fibre and hurd in determined proportions.
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A method for determining optimized output of flexible material handling for decorticated agricultural biomass, the method comprising:
- receiving decorticated components of the decorticated agricultural biomass, the decorticated components comprising previously separated bast fibre and hurd;
- analyzing one or more mechanical characteristics of the bast fibre, the mechanical characteristics comprising at least one of elongation, flexural modulus, impact resistance, and hardness;
- determining if the bast fibre is above a predetermined quality threshold based on the analyzed mechanical characteristics;
- where the bast fibre is above the predetermined quality threshold, directing the bast fibre for cutting into one or more lengths;
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- where the bast fibre is below the predetermined quality threshold, directing the bast fibre for blending with hurd in determined proportions.
A system for determining optimized output of flexible material handling for decorticated agricultural biomass, the system comprising:
- a material handler, comprising processors and data storage, to receive decorticated components of the decorticated agricultural biomass, the decorticated components comprising previously separated bast fibre and hurd;
- an analyzer, comprising processors and data storage, to analyze one or more mechanical characteristics of the bast fibre, the mechanical characteristics comprising at least one of elongation, flexural modulus, impact resistance, and hardness;
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- a controller, comprising one or more processors and data storage, to:
- determine if the bast fibre is above a predetermined quality threshold based on the analyzed mechanical characteristics;
- where the bast fibre is above the predetermined quality threshold, to direct the bast fibre for cutting into one or more lengths by a cutting unit;
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- where the bast fibre is below the predetermined quality threshold, directing the bast fibre for blending with hurd in determined proportions by a blending unit.
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