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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Mark T. Holtzapple, College Station, TX (US);
Maxine Jones Madison, Houston, TX (US);
Rocio Sierra Ramirez, Bogotá, CO;
Mark a Deimund, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Matthew Falls, Whippany, NJ (US);
John J. Dunkleman, Somerville, TX (US);
Mark T. Holtzapple, College Station, TX (US);
Maxine Jones Madison, Houston, TX (US);
Rocio Sierra Ramirez, Bogotá, CO;
Mark A Deimund, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Matthew Falls, Whippany, NJ (US);
John J. Dunkleman, Somerville, TX (US);
The Texas A & M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for treating biomass that may include introducing a biomass to a chamber; exposing the biomass in the chamber to a shock event to produce a shocked biomass; and transferring the shocked biomass from the chamber. In some aspects, the method may include pretreating the biomass with a chemical before introducing the biomass to the chamber and/or after transferring shocked biomass from the chamber.