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US 9,150,790 B2Granted
Rotary torrefaction reactor
AssigneeICM, Inc.
InventorsMatt Thorn, Albert Bennett, Samuel Vander-Griend
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Abstract
A device includes a rotary drum and a fluid conduit. The rotary drum has a horizontal rotation axis and the drum has a sealed inlet end and a sealed outlet end. The drum is configured to receive biomass proximate the inlet end and has a discharge port proximate an outlet end. The fluid conduit is disposed along an inner surface of the drum. The fluid conduit is configured to carry heated fluid and has a coupling external to the drum.
Claims8
A device comprising:
- a rotary drum having a horizontal rotational axis, the drum having a sealed inlet end and a sealed outlet end, the drum configured to receive biomass proximate the inlet end and having a discharge port proximate an outlet end;
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- a fluid conduit along an inner surface of the drum, the fluid conduit configured to carry heated fluid, the fluid conduit coupled to a rotary joint, the rotary joint coupled to the drum, and further wherein the rotary joint includes a first fluid passage and a second fluid passage, the first fluid passage independent of the second fluid passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.