INFUSED HIGH BTU COMBUSTION COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME

• US 20150121749A1
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IHB Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Superior Coatings Group LLC
• Inventors: Iverson, Hans E., Iverson, Kerstin K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,809,775 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 44/590
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 10/00 Use of additives to fuels or fires for particular purposes additives for liquid carbonaceous fuels characterised by their chemical nature C10L1/10; using binders for briquetting solid fuels C10L5/10; using additives to improve the combustion of solid fuels C10L9/10
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2200/0469 Renewables or materials of biological origin
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2250/04 Additive or component is a polymer
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2290/24 Mixing, stirring of fuel components
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2290/28 Cutting, disintegrating, shredding or grinding
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 2290/30 Pressing, compressing or compacting
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/146 with wax, e.g. paraffin wax
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/32 Coating
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/361 Briquettes
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/363 Pellets or granulates
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/406 on plastic
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/442 Wood or forestry waste
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/445 Agricultural waste, e.g. corn crops, grass clippings, nut shells or oil pressing residues
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 9/10 by using additives
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/10 Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/30 Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel

Abstract

An organic fuel additive for improving the combustion of a bioenergy solid fuel product, the organic fuel additive comprising a mixture of combustible organic fines and a polymer material, wherein the polymer material encapsulates the combustible organic fines in solid form, and methods of making and using the same.

Claims

1. An organic fuel additive for improving the combustion of a bioenergy solid fuel product, the organic fuel additive comprising:

a mixture of combustible organic fines and a polymer material,

wherein the polymer material encapsulates the combustible organic fines in solid form.

2. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 wherein the polymer material comprises a hydrocarbon wax.

3. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon was is a paraffin wax.

4. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 wherein the biomass comprises lignocellulose biomass.

5. The solid fuel additive of claim 4 wherein the biomass comprises lignocellulose biomass in the form of forestry, agricultural or energy crop biomass.

6. The solid fuel additive of claim 4 wherein the biomass comprises wood, wood residue, straw, hay cellulose, grass, grains, fruit shells and mixtures thereof.

7. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 comprising about 20 wt-% to about 60 wt-% combustible organic fines and about 80 wt-% to about 40 wt-% polymer material.

8. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 comprising about 30 wt-% to about 50 wt-% combustible organic fines and about 70 wt-% to about 50 wt-% polymer material.

9. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 comprising about 40 wt-% to about 50 wt-% combustible organic fines and about 60 wt-% to about 50% polymer material.

10. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 wherein the combustible organic fines comprise an ultra high grade anthracite.

11. The solid fuel additive of claim 1 wherein the combustible organic fines comprise aspen or pine wood fines.

12. A solid fuel product for combustion burning, the solid fuel product comprising:

a biomass; and

a fuel additive for increasing the BTUs of the solid fuel product, the fuel additive comprising combustible organic fines and a polymer material,

wherein the fuel additive is infused into the biomass in the solid fuel product.

13. The method of claim 12 comprising about 80% to about 98% biomass and about 20% to about 2% fuel additive.

14. The method of claim 12 comprising about 90% to about 97% biomass and about 10% to about 3% fuel additive.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the biomass comprises forestry, energy crop of agricultural biomass and the combustible organic fines comprise a hard coal particulate or wood fines.

16. A method of making a fuel additive for a combustion burning bioenergy solid fuel product, the method comprising:

providing combustible organic fines;

providing a polymer material;

increasing the temperature to bring the polymer material to a liquid state;

mixing the combustible organic fines and polymer material,

congealing the mixture to form droplets; and

forming the droplets into pastilles or spheres, wherein the polymer material encapsulates the combustible organic fines in a solid state.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising milling or grinding the combustible organic fines.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the milling comprises ball milling, bead milling, basket milling, roller milling, jet milling, pin milling, hammer milling or jaw milling.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising mixing the spheres or pastilles with a biomass at an elevated temperature, and compacting the spheres or pastilles with the biomass to form a bioenergy solid fuel product.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the bioenergy solid fuel product is pelletized or briquetted.