Patent ID: 7891114
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: C02F,C05D,C05F,F26B,Y02A,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of processing relatively wet bio-mass material, comprising: (a) drying a mass of wet bio-mass material by (b) removing at least a portion of the relatively drier, solid-phase, first portion of bio-mass material as product from the dryer; (c) supplying at least some of the first portion of the dried, solid-phase, bio-mass material, which has been removed from the dryer, to a combustor; (d) burning, in the combustor, the solid-phase bio-mass material supplied from the dryer, to produce heat energy; and (e) converting at least a portion of the heat energy, produced in the combustor, to electrical energy.