IP Library Granted Patent US 12,331,250
Granted Patent B2
US 12,331,250 · App. 18/251,478 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Biomass solid fuel manufacturing device

Inventors: Shigeya Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Yuusuke Hiraiwa (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Ooi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation
C10B47/30C10B53/02F27B7/08F27B7/36
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Patent No.
US 12,331,250
App. No.
18/251,478
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A biomass solid fuel manufacturing device ( 100 ) includes: a rotary kiln ( 2 ) that carbonizes a biomass molded body molded from raw material biomass. The rotary kiln ( 2 ) includes a kiln body ( 20 ), a raw material supply unit ( 30 ) that supplies the biomass molded body to an upstream end portion of the kiln body ( 20 ), and an inert gas supply unit ( 50 ) that supplies inert gas to an upstream end portion inside the kiln body ( 20 ).

Claims (14)

1. A biomass solid fuel manufacturing device comprising:

a rotary kiln that carbonizes a biomass molded body molded from raw material biomass,

wherein the rotary kiln includes a kiln body, a supply pipe having a tubular shape configured to supply the biomass molded body to an upstream end portion of the kiln body, and an inert gas supply including a first nozzle and a second nozzle,

wherein the first nozzle is configured to introduce inert gas to an upstream end portion inside the kiln body and configured to discharge the inert gas in a radial direction inside the kiln body, and

wherein the second nozzle is configured to introduce the inert gas to the supply pipe and configured to discharge the inert gas in a radial direction inside the supply pipe.

2. The biomass solid fuel manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotary kiln is an external heating type, and

the upstream end portion of the kiln body is a non-heating zone in which a heating unit is not provided on an outer periphery of the kiln body.

3. The biomass solid fuel manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a screw feeder moving the biomass molded body toward the kiln body is provided inside the supply pipe.

4. The biomass solid fuel manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the kiln body includes a tubular body, and a sealing plate provided at an upstream end portion of the tubular body, the sealing plate comprises an opening,

wherein the supply pipe is connected to an upstream side of the opening, the opening is provided at a center of the sealing plate, and

the first nozzle is attached to penetrate through the sealing plate below the supply pipe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2023
From: HAYASHI, SHIGEYA; HIRAIWA, YUUSUKE; OOI, NOBUYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI UBE CEMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063509/0339 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-187102 · Nov 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240002730A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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