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High solids enzyme reactor or mixer and method

US9422518B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ANDRITZ INC. · US

Inventors

Bertil Stromberg · Queensbury, US
John Bolles · Queensbury, US
Thomas Pschorn · Sherbrooke, CA
Peter Mraz · Klosterneuburg, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2011
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12M23/02
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A reactor apparatus including: an internal mixing chamber including a first chamber section having a cross-sectional area expanding from a biomass inlet to the internal mixing chamber to the a second chamber section; the second chamber section having a substantially uniform internal cross-sectional area from the opposite end of the first chamber section to a discharge end of the mixing chamber; the biomass inlet is coupled to a source of pre-treated biomass external to the reactor vessel, and a rotating mixing device in the internal mixing chamber and coaxial with an axis of the first chamber section.

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