Self-propelled harvesting vehicle including a thermochemical reactor for carbonizing harvested crop material
US8404006B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/30
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A self-propelled harvesting vehicle includes a crop material pick-up device, a fragmentation unit for fragmentizing the crop material, and a mechanical dehydration device which is used to remove an aqueous portion of the crop material, and which is divided into a first dehydration unit that takes place upstream of the fragmentation unit, and a second dehydration unit that takes place downstream of the fragmentation unit; and a method of harvesting is performed by the thusly arranged units.
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