Method for processing a biomass material

Abstract

A method for processing a biomass material, wherein the biomass material is provided in the form of a mixture, the mixture comprising the biomass material and a medium comprising a nitrogen compound, and wherein said method comprises the steps of: feeding the mixture into a vessel of an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises means to heat an internal surface of the vessel, and a plurality of blades arranged to rotate within the vessel, treating the mixture with the plurality of blades such that the mixture is exposed to shearing, and forced to form a continuously renewed evaporation surface between the mixture and a gaseous phase, allowing the nitrogen compound to form a gaseous form and allowing the gaseous form to pass through the evaporation surface and move into the gaseous phase, removing the gaseous phase comprising the nitrogen compound in gaseous form from the vessel, and collecting the remaining biomass material.

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