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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2011
Applicants:

Bertil Stromberg, Diamond Point, NY (US);

John F. Bolles, Queensbury, NY (US);

Thomas Pschorn, Sherbrooke, CA (US);

Peter Mraz, Klosterneuburg, AT;

Inventors:

Bertil Stromberg, Diamond Point, NY (US);

John F. Bolles, Queensbury, NY (US);

Thomas Pschorn, Sherbrooke, CA (US);

Peter Mraz, Klosterneuburg, AT;

Assignee:

Andritz Inc., Glens Falls, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/10 (2006.01); C12M 1/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 27/02 (2013.01); C12M 23/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reactor apparatus including: an internal mixing chamber including a first chamber section having a cross-sectional area expanding from a biomass inlet to the internal mixing chamber to the a second chamber section; the second chamber section having a substantially uniform internal cross-sectional area from the opposite end of the first chamber section to a discharge end of the mixing chamber; the biomass inlet is coupled to a source of pre-treated biomass external to the reactor vessel, and a rotating mixing device in the internal mixing chamber and coaxial with an axis of the first chamber section.


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