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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2010
Applicant:
Markku Raiko, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Inventor:
Markku Raiko, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Assignee:
Valmet Power Oy, Tampere, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 5/00 (2006.01); C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C10B 49/02 (2006.01); C10L 5/44 (2006.01); C10L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10B 53/02 (2013.01); C10B 49/02 (2013.01); C10L 5/44 (2013.01); C10L 9/083 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/15 (2013.01); Y02E 50/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to the improvement of the fuel-properties of biomass in an integrated manner to facilitate storage, shipping and applicability thereof. In the process, biomass () is thermally treated within a combustion process to cause partial torrefaction of the organic matter present in biomass, thus yielding components inert to biological decomposition processes. Constituents () separated in gaseous form are utilized as fuel, while the thermally treated biomass () remaining in the solid form is utilized in a separate process.