US 12,351,759 B1
Mobile pyrolysis plant and related systems and methods
Subodh Adhikari, Oakland, CA (US); Edward Young, Albany, CA (US); Alden Ahlholm, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mark Hamann, Erie, CO (US)
Assigned to Charm Industrial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Charm Industrial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,828.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/619,582, filed on Jan. 10, 2024.
Int. Cl. C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C01B 3/02 (2006.01); C05D 3/00 (2006.01); C05D 9/00 (2006.01); C10B 47/24 (2006.01); C10B 57/00 (2006.01); C10J 3/00 (2006.01); C10J 3/60 (2006.01); C10L 5/44 (2006.01)
CPC C10B 53/02 (2013.01) [C01B 3/02 (2013.01); C05D 3/00 (2013.01); C05D 9/00 (2013.01); C10B 47/24 (2013.01); C10B 57/005 (2013.01); C10J 3/00 (2013.01); C10J 3/60 (2013.01); C10L 5/445 (2013.01); C10J 2200/31 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0916 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a mobile pyrolyzer configured to traverse a field where biomass is grown;
providing harvested biomass to the mobile pyrolyzer as the mobile pyrolyzer traverses the field;
subjecting the harvested biomass to a fast pyrolysis process in the mobile pyrolyzer to generate biochar, bio-oil, and syngas as the mobile pyrolyzer traverses the field;
oxidizing the biochar through controlled oxidation on the mobile pyrolyzer by exposing the biochar to a low level or flowrate of oxygen or air;
applying the oxidized biochar to the field as the mobile pyrolyzer traverses the field;
storing the bio-oil on the mobile pyrolyzer; and
periodically offloading the bio-oil from the mobile pyrolyzer to a storage tank.