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Processing biomass

  • US 10,500,561 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2018
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • depositing a controlled stream of a biomass material, in particulate form, on a trough of a vibratory conveyor having a cover, using a spreader, the biomass material covering only a portion of a width of the trough;

    vibrating the vibratory conveyor, while conveying the biomass material a distance such that the biomass material spreads out to cover the entire width of the trough; and

    thenexposing the biomass material on the vibratory conveyor to ionizing radiation in the form of at least one scanning electron beam through at least one corresponding opening in the conveyor cover.

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