US 11,866,670 B2
Biomass conversion reactors and associated systems and methods
Kevin S. Kung, Plano, TX (US); Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US); Santosh Janardhan Shanbhogue, Newton, MA (US); Ahmed Fouad Ghoniem, Winchester, MA (US); and Robert James Stoner, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,465.
Application 17/732,465 is a continuation of application No. 16/613,692, granted, now 11,339,342, previously published as PCT/US2018/033007, filed on May 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/618,589, filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/618,583, filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,715, filed on May 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146469 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 6/00 (2006.01); C10L 9/08 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); C10L 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC C10L 9/083 (2013.01) [B01J 6/00 (2013.01); B01J 19/0006 (2013.01); B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); C10L 5/442 (2013.01); C10L 5/445 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00051 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00162 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00164 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00186 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0469 (2013.01); C10L 2290/02 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of performing torrefaction of biomass within a reactor to form a primarily solid product, comprising:
increasing a flow rate of a fluid comprising oxygen into the reactor in which the biomass is torrefied, wherein the increasing is performed, at least in part, based upon a measurement of a characteristic of the reactor and/or a characteristic of the biomass; and
decreasing a flow rate of a fluid comprising oxygen into the reactor in which the biomass is torrefied, wherein the decreasing is performed, at least in part, based upon a measurement of a characteristic of the reactor and/or a characteristic of the biomass.