Patent
Method and apparatus for producing biobased carriers from byproducts of biomass processing
| العنوان: | Method and apparatus for producing biobased carriers from byproducts of biomass processing |
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| Patent Number: | 8,118,582 |
| تاريخ النشر: | February 21, 2012 |
| Appl. No: | 12/418565 |
| Application Filed: | April 03, 2009 |
| مستخلص: | An apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules includes a premixer having a cavity for receiving a coproduct of a wet biomass process and a binder and being operable to premix the coproduct and binder to produce a substantially homogeneous DDGS mixture; a high shear mixer having a receptacle for receiving the DDGS mixture and being operable to shear mix the mixture and produce very small DDGS particles; and, an agglomerator having an interior chamber sized and configured to receive and transform the DDGS particles into substantially spherical DDGS pellets. |
| Inventors: | Ileleji, Klein E. (West Lafayette, IN, US); Probst, Kyle V. (Bloomington, IN, US) |
| Assignees: | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN, US) |
| Claim: | 1. An apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules, comprising: a premixer having a first inlet, a first outlet, a cavity configured for receiving a wet coproduct and a binder through the first inlet, and stirring means within the cavity for premixing the wet coproduct and binder into a substantially homogeneous mixture; a high shear mixer having high shear means with a screen member and being configured to receive the substantially homogeneous mixture from the premixer, the high shear means being for forcibly moving the substantially homogeneous mixture across and through the screen member and out the of the high shear mixer in the form of nucleation enhanced particles, and wherein the high shear means is configured to provide a high stress shearing action and to shear mix the substantially homogeneous mixture to substantially uniformly create particles in a predetermined particle diameter range; and agglomerator means having an interior chamber sized and configured to receive the nucleation enhanced particles from the high shear mixer and for transforming the nucleation enhanced particles into substantially spherical biomass pellets. |
| Claim: | 2. The apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules of claim 1 wherein the agglomerator is a rotary drum dryer having an interior chamber. |
| Claim: | 3. The apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules of claim 2 wherein the rotary drum dryer includes lifters extending inwardly in the interior chamber. |
| Claim: | 4. The apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules of claim 1 wherein the high shear means is configured to shear mix the substantially homogeneous mixture to substantially uniformly create particles in a predetermined particle diameter range between about 300 to 500 microns in diameter. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 425/205 |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Malekzadeh, Seyed Masoud |
| Primary Examiner: | Del Sole, Joseph |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Frisk, R. Randall Bahret, William F. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08118582 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |