Abstract: A method of treating biomass material e.g. straw, comprises heating the biomass material to a treatment temperature below a temperature at which the material would undergo combustion, washing the biomass material, and partially redrying the washed material thereby to produce a material which may be used as a substitute for peat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 29, 1994
Date of Patent:
August 6, 1996
Assignee:
Fi-Pro Limited
Inventors:
Robert C. A. W. Ollerenshaw, Maurice A. Roe