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Patent No.:

US 8513004 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013

Filed:

May. 02, 2008
Applicants:

John Gervase Mark Heathcote, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Marcus Brian Mayhall Fenton, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Inventors:

John Gervase Mark Heathcote, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Marcus Brian Mayhall Fenton, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Assignee:

Pursuit Dynamics PLC, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A process for the treatment of biomass is provided. The process comprises forming a biomass slurry by mixing biomass with a working fluid, and inducing the biomass slurry to flow through an inlet into a passage. A high velocity transport fluid is injected into the slurry through a nozzle communicating with the passage. The injection of the high velocity transport fluid applies a shear force to the slurry such that the working fluid is atomized and forms a vapor and droplet flow regime, an at least partial vacuum is formed within the passage downstream of the nozzle, and a condensation shock wave is generated within the passage downstream of the nozzle and vacuum by condensation of the transport fluid. An apparatus for treating biomass using the aforementioned process is also provided.


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Heathcote, John Gervase Mark. (2013). Biomass treatment process (U.S. Patent No. 8513004). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8513004

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