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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Valmet Ab, Sundsvall, SE;
Inventor:
Peter Björklund, Umeå, SE;
Assignee:
VALMET AB, Sundsvall, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 5/44 (2006.01); C10L 5/36 (2006.01); D21B 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 5/44 (2013.01); C10L 5/361 (2013.01); C10L 5/363 (2013.01); D21B 1/36 (2013.01); C10L 2290/141 (2013.01); C10L 2290/28 (2013.01); C10L 2290/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing a lignocellulose biomass material with a moisture content below 10 weight-% and an ash content below 1.0 weight-% includes: adding an acid catalyst to the lignocellulose biomass material; after adding the acid catalyst, thermally treating the lignocellulose biomass material with steam at an elevated pressure and an elevated temperature in at least one reactor; discharging the lignocellulose biomass material and blow steam from the at least one reactor using a steam explosion discharge device; and forming pellets and/or briquettes from at least part of the discharged thermally treated lignocellulose biomass material.