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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Mccutchen Co., Portland, OR (US);
David J. McCutchen, Portland, OR (US);
Wilmot H. McCutchen, Orinda, CA (US);
MCCUTCHEN CO., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
An improvement is described for the processing of biological material in a continuous stream by the application of radiant energy taken from the wavelengths from infrared to ultraviolet, and its absorption by a feedstock in a workspace of featuring controlled turbulence created by one or more counter-rotating disk impellers. The absorbed energy and the controlled turbulence patterns create a continuous process of productive change in a feed into the reactor, with separated light and heavy product output streams flowing both inward and outward from the axis in radial counterflow. The basic mechanism of processing can be applied to a wide range of feedstocks, from the promotion of the growth of algae to make biofuel or other forms of aquaculture, to a use in the controlled combustion of organic material to make biochar.