Patent ID: 8170908

Claim:
A method performed by a computer system having a memory, the method comprising: receiving, into the computer, economic data relating to costs of initial raw biomass materials and prices that would be paid for a plurality of output products derived from the raw biomass materials; performing one or more calculations using the economic data to determine an optimum amount of each of the plurality of output products; generating machinery-control signals and changing the signals for controlling a plurality of machinery processes that generate the plurality of output products from the raw biomass materials based, at least in part, on the one or more calculations, wherein the receiving, performing, and generating are performed by the computer system executing instructions stored in the memory; and applying the machinery-control signals to one or more machinery valves that are operatively coupled to receive the control signals, and that are operatively coupled to control a biomass processor machine, and that are controlled by the control signals to route variable amounts of the initial raw biomass materials through the biomass processor machine to obtain a mix of output products that provides an optimum profit.