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US 2026/0193148 A1Published application
Autonomous device for in-field conversion of biomass into biochar
AssigneeApplied Carbon, Inc.
InventorsJason Aramburu, Morgan Williams
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for the thermal conversion of biomass into biochar. A mobile platform may be used to maneuver a mobile biochar generation system within a field of biomass. The biomass may be harvested, preprocessed and pyrolyzed. After pyrolyzation, the biochar may be cooled to a predetermined temperature by integrating water and liquid nutrients into the biochar. The system may then control the application of the infused biochar by adjusting a spreading attachment and a plowing attachment.
Claims31
A biomass pyrolysis system:
- a biomass intake unit, wherein the biomass intake unit is configured to receive biomass feedstock;
- a pyrolytic system comprising:
- a reactor unit having a thermally insulated reactor enclosure and a chamber;
- a conveyance mechanism configured to move the biomass feedstock through the chamber;
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- an exhaust transfer unit;
- a plurality of sensor arrays coupled to one or more components of the heated biomass pyrolysis system;
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- a heating control unit, wherein the heating unit controls temperature of the reactor unit to pyrolyze the biomass feedstock;
- wherein the biomass pyrolysis system is configured to produce one or more products of biomass thermal conversion.
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A biomass pyrolysis system:
- a biomass intake unit, wherein the biomass intake unit is configured to receive biomass feedstock;
- a pyrolytic system comprising:
- a pyrolytic reactor unit having a thermally insulated reactor enclosure and a chamber;
- a conveyance mechanism configured to move the biomass feedstock through the chamber;
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- an exhaust transfer unit;
- a heated biomass transfer unit;
- a plurality of sensor arrays coupled to one or more components of the biomass pyrolysis system;
- a heating unit, wherein the heating unit controls temperature and gas injection of the pyrolytic reactor unit to pyrolyze the biomass and generate exhaust gas;
- a navigation system for receiving satellite signals;
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- a controller configured to facilitate maneuvering of the mobile heated biomass generations system based on the received satellite signals;
- wherein the heating unit optimizes pyrolyzing in the pyrolytic reactor by adjusting one or more operating parameters of the pyrolytic reactor, wherein the one or more operating parameters are determined based on a determined composition of heated biomass and exhaust gas;
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- wherein the plurality of sensor arrays comprise a sensor array configured to monitor temperature, gas composition, and heated biomass carbon content;
- and wherein the heating unit is configured to automatically adjust one or more operating parameters of the pyrolytic system based on data from the sensor array to produce a target heated biomass composition.
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