Device and method for controlling the conversion of biomass to biofuel
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Embodiments presented herein describe an apparatus and method to control the conversion of carbonaceous materials, particularly biomass and those biomass resources, into a high performance solid fuel. This method, and the apparatus described as the means to accomplish this method, provides a process having a control system that enables the system to produce a fuel of uniform quality, even with a change in biomass supply.
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RENEWABLE FUEL TECHNOLOGIES INC | 181 42ND AVENUE SAN MATEO CA 94403 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Braig, R James | Piedmont, US | 1 | 3 |
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Wechsler, Mark | San Mateo, US | 46 | 1498 |
# of filed Patents : 46 Total Citations : 1498 |
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