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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Takuo Shigehisa, Takasago, JP;
Masaaki Tamura, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Mitou, Takasago, JP;
Tetsuya Deguchi, Takasago, JP;
Satoru Sugita, Takasago, JP;
Takuo Shigehisa, Takasago, JP;
Masaaki Tamura, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Mitou, Takasago, JP;
Tetsuya Deguchi, Takasago, JP;
Satoru Sugita, Takasago, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an economical method for efficiently drying the plant-derived biomass for which there has been no established method for disposal and reuse. This drying method does not impair the value of plant-derived biomass as a fuel. Disclosed also herein is a method for producing a biomass fuel from the plant-derived biomass which has been dried by the aforesaid method. The drying method consists of dehydrating (drying) plant-derived biomass in oil with heating and modifying it simultaneously. Drying in this way partly decomposes the plant-derived biomass, thereby yielding a good constituent for biomass fuel.