Engineered woody biomass baling system
US10500806B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F2015/105
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A woody biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive woody biomass material and a compression system adapted to compact the material into a parallelepiped bale in the baling chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall that acts as a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, and wherein each chamber wall selected from among the upper wall, the lower wall, and each of the sidewalls can withstand a distributed force perpendicular to the selected chamber wall of between (0.11×Pp psi×Aw) pounds and (0.3×Pp psi×Aw) pounds, wherein 0.11 and 0.3 are Poisson's ratio values, Pp is the maximum pressure that the compression system can apply to woody biomass material in the chamber, and Aw is the area of the selected chamber wall expressed in square inches.
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