Pyrolysis machine
OwnerVincent Notoinventor
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Abstract
Useful byproducts are recovered through the pyrolytic processing of biomass material such as vegetation, paper, or worn tires. The process is conducted in a sealed enclosure under vacuum or other controlled atmosphere. The biomass material is ablated and burned by crunching between counter-rotating rollers whose inner walls have been exposed to a highly heated fluid. The biomass material is preheated by injecting into the feeding duct super-heated: dry steam. A condenser within the enclosure reduces resulting vapors into oils that can be drained from the enclosure pan. Solid combustion residue is abstracted from the enclosure by an Archimedes screw.
Claims26
An apparatus, for pyrolytic processing of biomass material into useful byproducts, which comprises:
- an enclosure;
- a pair of axially parallel, rotating rollers in said enclosure, said rollers being narrowly spaced-apart to grab and crunch said biomass material fed therebetween;
- means for rotating said rollers;
- means for heating said rollers to an incinerating temperature;
- means for feeding said biomass material between said rollers;
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- means for extracting said byproducts from said enclosure.
A pyrolytic method for converting biomass material into useful byproducts, which comprises ablating and pyrolizing said biomass material between highly heated, counter-rotating crunching rollers.
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