Organically clean biomass fuel

• US 20050055873A1
• Filed: 10/27/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Philippe R. Murcia
• Original Assignee: Philippe R. Murcia
• Inventors: Murcia, Philippe R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,241,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 44/550
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/361 Briquettes
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/365 Logs
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 5/44 on vegetable substances
• 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 organically clean biomass fuel formed of mixture of a powder, which may be either dried, cellulosic product, wood charcoal powder, and/or a combination of the two, and a fluid, which may be vegetable oil, vegetable alcohol or a combination of the two. A centrifugal machine dries moist, cellulosic product and extracts black liquor. A grinder transforms the dried, cellulosic product into powder. Gum may be extracted from the vegetable oil or vegetable alcohol. A batch mixer or vibrating vessel mixes the powder and the fluid together; the fluid moisturizes the powder. Depending upon the relative amount of the fluid as compared to powder, the mixture will either be in a liquid cream state or a doughy state. If the latter, the mixture may be pressed into briquettes or ingots.

Claims

1. A method of forming an organically clean biomass fuel and varying its texture, comprising:

mixing a powder and a fluid together to form an organically clean biomass fuel, the powder including a constituent selected from a group consisting of a cellulosic powder, a wood charcoal powder and any combination thereof;

the fluid including a constituent selected from a group consisting of a vegetable oil, a vegetable alcohol and any combination thereof; and

varying a texture of the organically clean biomass fuel by moisturizing the powder with an amount of the fluid during the mixing sufficient to alter the texture of the organically clean biomass fuel.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the varying of the texture results in changing the texture from doughy to liquid cream.

3. A method of claim 1, further comprising pressing the organically clean biomass fuel so as to further vary the texture of the organically claim biomass fuel.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the moisturizing causes the texture to become doughy, the pressing results in changing the doughy texture into texture of briquettes.

5. A method of claim 3, wherein the moisturizing causes the texture to become doughy, the pressing results in changing the doughy texture into texture of ingots.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the moisturizing with the amount of the fluid is sufficient to cause the texture to be doughy.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the moisturizing with the amount of the fluid is sufficient to cause the texture to be liquid cream.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising forming the fluid to be substantially free of gum.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the moisturizing with the amount of the fluid is sufficient to cause the texture to be that of a viscous liquid.

10. A method of claim 1, further comprising forming the solid to be substantially free of black liquor and tar.

11. A method of claim 8, further comprising forming the solid to be substantially free of black liquor and tar.