Patent ID: 8871061

Claim:
An apparatus for producing bio-products from biomass material, said apparatus comprising an in-feed apparatus and a reactor, the in-feed apparatus being for feeding a biomass material contained in a liquid into said reactor, said in-feed apparatus comprising: a pressurisable external housing defining an interior; a container housed within the external housing, comprising a material inlet to receive said biomass material into the container and a material outlet connected to feed said biomass material into said reactor; pressurisation means for pressurising the interior of said housing and for pressurising the biomass material so that said biomass material when inside the container is pressurized; a transportation means transporting the biomass material from the material inlet to the material outlet to feed said biomass material into said reactor; inside said container means for dewatering the biomass material prior to feeding into said reactor a liquid outlet discharging from said container liquid removed from the biomass by said dewatering means.