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US 9,334,518 B2Granted
Array for processing materials
AssigneeXyleco, Inc.
InventorsMarshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Robert Paradis
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Abstract
Materials (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems equipment, and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, using an array of vaults.
Claims25
A treatment operating unit, comprising:
- a plurality of enclosure systems, each enclosure system including one or more vaults, and
- within each vault, an irradiation device and a treatment conveyor, wherein a biomass material is treated in each vault utilizing the irradiation device and the treatment conveyor.
A method for producing treated biomass materials, the method comprising;
- partitioning a biomass material into a plurality of biomass material portions,
- conveying the biomass material portions into a plurality of first vaults, each first vault accepting one of the biomass material portions,
- treating the biomass material portions in the vaults,
- conveying the biomass material portions out of the first vaults, and
- combining the biomass material portions.
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