IP Library Granted Patent US 9,523,056
Granted Patent B2
US 9,523,056 · App. 14/649,892 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Biomass solid fuel

Inventors: Shigeya Hayashi (Ube, JP); Hiroshi Amano (Ube, JP); Nobuyuki Ooi (Ube, JP); Yuusuke Hiraiwa (Ube, JP)
Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
C10L5/44C10L5/361C10L5/363C10L2200/0469C10L2290/32Y02E50/10Y02E50/30
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Patent No.
US 9,523,056
App. No.
14/649,892
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by steam exploding and then molding biomass into biomass blocks and then heating the biomass blocks, wherein the biomass solid fuel has a fuel ratio of 0.2 to 2.5, a dry-based higher heating value of 5,000 to 7,500 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.6, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) of 0.5 to 1.35.

Claims (6)

1. A biomass solid fuel obtained by steam exploding and then molding biomass into biomass blocks and then heating the biomass blocks at 150 to 400° C., wherein the biomass solid fuel has a fuel ratio of 0.2 to 2.5, computed by dividing the weight percent of fixed carbon by the weight percent of volatile matter, a dry-based higher heating value of 5,000 to 7,500 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.6, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) of 0.5 to 1.35,

wherein the biomass solid fuel is wood-based and/or herbaceous,

wherein the COD of an immersion water used for water immersion of the biomass solid fuel is 3,000 ppm or less, and,

wherein the biomass solid fuel has a grindability index (HGI) of 20 or more and 60 or less.

2. The biomass solid fuel according to claim 1 , wherein the biomass blocks are pellets or briquettes.

3. The biomass solid fuel according to claim 1 , wherein the COD of an immersion water used for water immersion of the biomass solid fuel is 300 ppm or less.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: UBE CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI UBE CEMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062010/0081 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: UBE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061156/0626 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2015
From: HAYASHI, SHIGEYA; AMANO, HIROSHI; OOI, NOBUYUKI; HIRAIWA, YUUSUKE
To: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035918/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-266635 · Dec 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150315505A1 · Nov 5, 2015