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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Biochar Now, Llc, Loveland, CO (US);
Donald P. Aupperle, Seattle, WA (US);
Mikel S. Olander, Johnstown, CO (US);
Benjamin M. Beierwaltes, Longmont, CO (US);
William T. Beierwaltes, Loveland, CO (US);
James G. Gaspard, II, Loveland, CO (US);
Biochar Now, LLC, Loveland, CO (US);
Abstract
A controlled kiln and manufacturing system for biochar production, including control systems and subsystems. An example controlled kiln () includes a drum (), a lid () and a floor () together forming a combustion chamber configured to contain feedstock for conversion into biochar. A catalytic converter () may be operatively coupled with an outlet of the kiln (). A conversion process completion detection subsystem may be operative to issue notifications. An example biochar manufacturing system includes at least one of the controlled kilns (), a feedstock filling station () for providing feedstock to kiln, a firing line () for receiving the kiln containing feedstock, a tipping station () for receiving biochar from the kiln, a biochar sizing station, and an automated handler () configured to move the kiln between the feedstock filling station (), the firing line () and the tipping station ().