Method and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock

Details Method and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock Method and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock

C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C08B 1/00 (2006.01) D21B 1/02 (2006.01) C12P 7/10 (2006.01) C12P 19/02 (2006.01) C13K 1/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2638152

A method and apparatus for pre-treating a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise conveying the cellulosic feedstock through an enclosed volume, adding moisture to the cellulosic feedstock simultaneously at multiple spaced-apart moisture injection points as the cellulosic feedstock travels through the volume, and heating the cellulosic feedstock as it travels through the volume to obtain a heated moistened feedstock. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise a shell defining a treatment chamber having a lower inner surface. The treatment chamber has an inlet and an outlet spaced longitudinally apart from the inlet to define an axial length. A conveyance member is housed within the shell and is configured to sweep the lower inner surface. A plurality of injection ports are provided in at least one of the shell and the conveyance member.

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