Combined tangential shear homogenizing and flashing apparatus having a uniform rotor/stator gap dimension

A combined tangential shear homogenizing and flashing apparatus for destructuring pretreated biomass comprises a housing connectable to a source of pressurized pretreated biomass, and a stator and a rotor mounted within the housing. The stator and rotor being confrontationally disposed and spaced ap...

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1. Verfasser:	GALLAGHER, F. GLENN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS ENZYMOLOGY METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL SACCHARIDES, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCESOR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DI-, OLIGO- ORPOLYSACCHARIDES SPIRITS SUGAR INDUSTRY THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	A combined tangential shear homogenizing and flashing apparatus for destructuring pretreated biomass comprises a housing connectable to a source of pressurized pretreated biomass, and a stator and a rotor mounted within the housing. The stator and rotor being confrontationally disposed and spaced apart by a predetermined uniformly dimensioned axial gap. In use, rotational movement of the rotor with respect to the stator imparts a tangential shear to a volume of pretreated biomass. The tangential shear homogenizes the volume of pretreated biomass while a pressure difference causes a partial phase separation of the homogenized biomass into vapor and liquid phases such that the pretreated biomass undergoes at least a three-fold total volumetric increase and a weight transition to a vapor of at least one percent (1%).