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US 2016/0238317 A1Published application
Method to enhance grain processing and digestibility
AssigneeEnginuity Worldwide, LLC
InventorsRobert L. Heimann, Allison Talley
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Abstract
A method for processing grains, crop residues, agricultural waste materials, processing waste materials, or mixtures thereof, is provided that includes using a rotary biomass dryer to process the materials and subjecting them to a steam explosion in order to form a processed material that exhibits an increase in porosity and/or absorption potential.
Claims5
A method for processing grains, crop residues, agricultural waste materials, processing waste materials, or mixtures thereof, the method comprising:
- providing a rotary mass dryer;
- providing at least one processable material, the at least one processable material being selected from the group consisting of grains, crop residues, agricultural waste materials, processing waste materials, and mixtures thereof;
- placing the at least one processable material into the rotary mass dryer;
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- subjecting the at least one processable material to a steam explosion in order to form a processed material,
- wherein the processed material exhibits an increase in porosity and/or absorption potential.
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