公开(公告)号：US20220282928A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17632533

申请日：2020-08-04

Applicant: CIRCLIA NORDIC APS

Inventor： Ib Johannsen

IPC: F28D7/00 ,  F28D7/16 ,  F28F21/08

Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) for a thermochemical biomass converter, the heat exchanger (10) comprises first and second conduits (12a, 12b) that are configured to carry, in use, process medium of the converter, and a heat transfer member (14) that thermally connects the first and second conduits (12a, 12b) to one another to define a heat transfer medium between the conduits (12a, 12b). The thermal expansion coefficient of the first and second conduits (12a, 12b) is matched to the thermal expansion coefficient of the heat transfer member (14) to continually provide thermal connection between the heat transfer member (14) and conduits (12a, 12b) under changing temperature conditions.

公开(公告)号：US20240167489A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18282420

申请日：2022-03-16

Applicant: Circlia Nordic ApS

Inventor： Ib Johannsen ,  Steffan Haubro Petersen

IPC: F15B15/18 ,  B01J4/00 ,  B01J6/00 ,  C10G1/00 ,  F04B1/02

CPC classification number: F15B15/18 ,  B01J4/008 ,  B01J6/00 ,  C10G1/00 ,  F04B1/02

Abstract: A pumping system for a hydrothermal biomass converter comprising one or more cylinders, each cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end, and each cylinder having both a low pressure valve and a high pressure valve at both the inlet and the outlet end respectively, and each cylinder comprising an inner hydraulic actuator segment (1) which is separated from an inlet segment (2) on the inlet end and from an outlet segment (3) on the outlet end by a lower-pressure zone (8) sealed by two or more gaskets (7). Each cylinder further comprises an axially displaceable piston (5) fitted with a piston ring (6), which piston is adapted to move back and forth within the hydraulic actuator segment (1) so as to alternately displace volume in the inlet segment (2) when piston movement is towards the inlet end and in the outlet segment (3) when piston movement is towards the outlet end. When applied to a hydrothermal biomass converter, a biomass feed input system is in fluid communication with each of the low pressure valves at the inlet ends of the one or more cylinders, and a product output system is in fluid communication with each of the low pressure valves at the outlet ends of the one or more cylinders.

公开(公告)号：US11773050B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17203796

申请日：2021-03-17

Applicant: Circlia Nordic ApS

Inventor： Ib Johannsen ,  Anders Peter Stubkjær Adamsen ,  Bjørn Sjøgren Kilsgaard ,  Viktor Milkevych

IPC: B01J3/00 ,  B01J3/02 ,  B01J4/00 ,  B01J19/24 ,  C10G1/00 ,  C07C67/08 ,  C10L1/02 ,  C10L8/00 ,  B01J3/04 ,  C10G3/00 ,  B01J19/00 ,  C07C37/00 ,  C07C51/00 ,  C07D307/34

CPC classification number: C07C67/08 ,  B01J3/008 ,  B01J3/02 ,  B01J3/042 ,  B01J4/007 ,  B01J4/008 ,  B01J19/0013 ,  B01J19/241 ,  B01J19/2415 ,  C07C37/004 ,  C07C51/00 ,  C07D307/34 ,  C10G1/00 ,  C10G3/40 ,  C10L1/02 ,  C10L1/026 ,  C10L8/00 ,  B01J2219/00087 ,  B01J2219/00159 ,  B01J2219/00162 ,  B01J2219/00164 ,  C10G2300/1011 ,  C10L2200/0476 ,  C10L2270/026 ,  C10L2290/06 ,  Y02E50/10 ,  Y02P20/54

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing bio-fuel (BF) from a high-viscosity biomass using thermo-chemical conversion of the biomass in a production line (10) with pumping means (PM), heating means (HM) and cooling means (CM). The method has the steps of 1) operating the pumping means, the heating means and the cooling means so that the production line is under supercritical fluid conditions (SCF) to induce biomass conversion in a conversion zone (CZ) within the production line, and 2) operating the pumping means so that at least part of the production line is in an oscillatory flow (OF) mode. The invention is advantageous for providing an improved method for producing biofuel from a high-viscosity biomass. This is performed by an advantageous combination of two operating modes: supercritical fluid (SCF) conditions and oscillatory flow (OF).