Inbicon A/s

Brian Eskesen

Kit Kellebjerg Mogensen

Jesper Dohrup

Provided is a discharge device for discharging pretreated biomass from a pressurized reactor. The device comprises: The discharge device is characterised in that it comprises mechanical agitation means, said agitation means comprising an agitation element arranged in the interior of said vessel at a lower part of said vessel, and being configured to provide agitation of the content of said vessel, wherein said agitation means being adapted to withstand a pressure in the interior of a said vessel of 10 bar or more. The agitation means provides for a temperature equalization within a specific vertical range of heights of an aqueous slurry present in said vessel, thereby eliminating disadvantages of the prior art devices and methods.

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Brenderup Fyn, Denmark

Brian Eskesen