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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Mark Robert Shelton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jarvey Eugene Felty, Jr., Gray, TN (US);
David Carl Attride, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Brad William Overturf, Kingsport, TN (US);
Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr., Koxville, TN (US);
John Peter Mykytka, Kingsport, TN (US);
Timothy Lee Guinn, Bluff City, TN (US);
Tyler Littrell, Lexington, AL (US);
Andrew C. Hiester, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jared Moore, Kingsport, TN (US);
James S. Nelson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Mark Robert Shelton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jarvey Eugene Felty, Jr., Gray, TN (US);
David Carl Attride, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Brad William Overturf, Kingsport, TN (US);
Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr., Koxville, TN (US);
John Peter Mykytka, Kingsport, TN (US);
Timothy Lee Guinn, Bluff City, TN (US);
Tyler Littrell, Lexington, AL (US);
Andrew C. Hiester, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jared Moore, Kingsport, TN (US);
James S. Nelson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
A commercial scale system and process for chemically modifying wood and then heating the chemically-modified wood. The system/process separates the chemical modification step from the heating step by utilizing two different vessels for the modification and heating steps. The system and process can, in certain situations, include a containment room for preventing escape of vapors from a chemical wood modification reactor, a wood heater, and/or a chemically-modified bundle of wood as the bundle is transported from the wood modification reactor to the wood heater.