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.
Claims34
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 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.
A method of pyrolysis of a biomass, the method comprising:
- pyrolyzing a preprocessed biomass feedstock in a reactor that is at least partially positioned within a combustion chamber of a furnace, the furnace generating thermal energy by combustion within the combustion chamber and supplying the thermal energy to at least one operation within a biomass facility that processes the preprocessed biomass feedstock prior to the pyrolyzing.
A gasification driven pyrolysis system comprising:
- a furnace comprising a combustion chamber, the furnace configured for generating thermal energy from combustion within the combustion chamber;
- a reactor comprising a pyrolysis chamber and a first volatile port, the pyrolysis chamber configured to house a biomass feedstock therein, the pyrolysis chamber positioned at least partially within the combustion chamber of the furnace such that the biomass feedstock is pyrolyzed by the thermal energy within the combustion chamber of the furnace, the first volatile port comprising a first opening within the pyrolysis chamber and a second opening within the combustion chamber of the furnace, the first volatile port configured to provide a passageway for volatiles to travel from the first opening to the second opening for combusting within the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.