Patents Assigned to E3BIOENERGY, LLC
  • Super compaction of biomass and other carbon-containing materials to high energy content fuels
    Patent number: 9713908
    Abstract: A super compactor receives a carbon-containing material and delivers a brick suitable as fuel for power generation. A compaction chamber receives the carbon-containing material and has at least one ram reciprocating along a travel path and exerting a predetermined amount of pressure on the carbon-containing material. The compaction chamber also has an end effector plate or a movable slide gate against which the carbon-containing material is compressed, promoting the removal of moisture from the carbon-containing material, and one or more dewatering apertures or a membrane permitting moisture to pass through but blocking the carbon-containing material. A collector captures the moisture that passes through the dewatering apertures or membrane. A power unit provides power to the at least one ram. A heated extrusion chamber receives the carbon-containing material from the compaction chamber and heats and compacts the carbon-containing material to bind the carbon-containing material into the form of a brick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: E3BIOENERGY, LLC
    Inventor: David B. Shaffer
  • SUPER COMPACTION OF BIOMASS AND OTHER CARBON-CONTAINING MATERIALS TO HIGH ENERGY CONTENT FUELS
    Publication number: 20100293846
    Abstract: A super compactor receives a carbon-containing material and delivers a brick suitable as fuel for power generation. A compaction chamber receives the carbon-containing material and has at least one ram reciprocating along a travel path and exerting a predetermined amount of pressure on the carbon-containing material. The compaction chamber also has an end effector plate or a movable slide gate against which the carbon-containing material is compressed, promoting the removal of moisture from the carbon-containing material, and one or more dewatering apertures or a membrane permitting moisture to pass through but blocking the carbon-containing material. A collector captures the moisture that passes through the dewatering apertures or membrane. A power unit provides power to the at least one ram. A heated extrusion chamber receives the carbon-containing material from the compaction chamber and heats and compacts the carbon-containing material to bind the carbon-containing material into the form of a brick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: E3BIOENERGY, LLC
    Inventor: David B. Shaffer