System and method for treatment of biomass products or residues and resulting composition
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1. A method for producing an adhesive from biomass products or residues, comprising the steps of:
- a. obtaining a biomass;
b. extracting a component from said biomass, thereby generating a byproduct of said biomass;
c. grinding said byproduct of said biomass into a ground algae byproduct;
d. wetting said ground algae byproduct, creating a ground wetted algae byproduct; and
e. combining said ground wetted algae byproduct with a solution, said solution configured to denature proteins in said ground wetted ground algae byproduct, creating a ground wetted algae byproduct-solution mixture; and
f. mixing said byproduct-solution mixture to form an adhesive mixture.
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Abstract
A system and method for treatment of biomass products or residues to obtain valuable adhesives and composite materials is described herein. Some embodiments do not require purification of a biomass product or residue to produce an adhesive. Some embodiments comprise a treatment of post extraction algae residue configured to produce an adhesive. Use of post extraction algae residue adds value to alternative energy produced by extracting oil from algae.
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1. A method for producing an adhesive from biomass products or residues, comprising the steps of:
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a. obtaining a biomass; b. extracting a component from said biomass, thereby generating a byproduct of said biomass; c. grinding said byproduct of said biomass into a ground algae byproduct; d. wetting said ground algae byproduct, creating a ground wetted algae byproduct; and e. combining said ground wetted algae byproduct with a solution, said solution configured to denature proteins in said ground wetted ground algae byproduct, creating a ground wetted algae byproduct-solution mixture; and f. mixing said byproduct-solution mixture to form an adhesive mixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of creating a composite comprising the steps of:
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a. obtaining a biomass; b. extracting oil from said biomass, thereby generating a byproduct of said biomass; c. grinding said byproduct of said biomass into a ground algae byproduct; d. wetting said ground algae byproduct, creating a ground wetted algae byproduct; e. mixing said ground wetted algae byproduct with a solution, said solution configured to denature proteins in said ground wetted algae byproduct to form an adhesive mixture; f. mixing said adhesive mixture with a composite material to form an adhesive-composite material mixture; and g. hot pressing the adhesive-composite material mixture to form a composite; h. clamping said composite to form a clamped composite at a pressure of at least 80 psi but no more than 120 psi; and i. heating said clamped composite to 105 degrees Celsius for at least 20 hours but no more than 48 hours. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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