Biomass reactor
AssigneeClean Carbon Reactor, LLC
InventorEdward J. Bengier
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Abstract
An apparatus for production of a carbon product from a biomass source, the apparatus including a reactor having a hollow body configured to receive the biomass source therein. The hollow body has a proximal end with an entry opening and a distal end with an exit opening, and a load zone between the proximal end and the distal end. The apparatus further includes an entry mover at the proximal end of the hollow body and movable between the proximal end and the distal end, and an exit mover within the hollow body positioned distal to the entry mover. The apparatus further includes at least one heating element configured to heat at least one heating zone of the hollow body. A method of producing a carbon product from a biomass source is also disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus for production of a carbon product from a biomass source, the apparatus comprising:
- a reactor comprising a hollow body configured to receive the biomass source therein, the hollow body having a proximal end with an entry opening and a distal end with an exit opening, and a load zone between the proximal end and the distal end;
- an entry mover at the proximal end of the hollow body and movable between the proximal end and the distal end;
- an exit mover within the hollow body positioned distal to the entry mover;
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- at least one heating element, the at least one heating element configured to heat at least one heating zone of the hollow body,
- wherein the load zone is defined by a space within the hollow body between the entry mover and the exit mover,
- wherein the reactor continually receives the biomass source while the at least one heating element is heating a portion of the biomass source.
A method of producing a carbon product from a biomass source, the method comprising:
- introducing a first load of the biomass source to a load zone of a reactor;
- compacting the first load of the biomass source to a first predetermined size;
- preheating a plurality of heating zones to a first predetermined temperature;
- pushing the biomass source to a first heating zone of the plurality of heating zones;
- heating the first heating zone of the plurality of heating zones to a second predetermined temperature;
- introducing a second load of the biomass source to the load zone;
- compacting the first load of the biomass source and the second load of the biomass source to a second predetermined size;
- pushing the second load of the biomass source to the first heating zone and pushing the first load of the biomass source to a second heating zone of the plurality of heating zones;
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- heating the second heating zone to a third predetermined temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.