Method and system of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196569-B2
Application number	US-201615168791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and a system of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection. The present invention applies solid, gas and liquid products of the thermochemical treatment subsystem to the biochemical treatment subsystem and applies heat produced by the biochemical treatment subsystem to the thermochemical treatment subsystem, forming multi-point and two-way interconnection between the biochemical treatment subsystem and the thermochemical treatment subsystem, thereby increasing the yield and stability of energy gas of the biochemical treatment subsystem and reducing pollution and energy consumption of the thermochemical treatment subsystem respectively. The present invention is suitable for treating biomass wastes with high and low water contents at the same time, producing soil amendment, liquid fuel and biogas, having properties of low secondary pollution and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emission and so on. The bio-stability, humus content and nitrogen content of the solid product are as high as soil amendment, making it easy to store and transport.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection, comprising:
(1) converting dry biomass wastes into pyrolysis gas, biochar, pyrolysis oil and aqueous condensate by a pyrolyzer;
(2) feeding the pyrolysis gas and the aqueous condensate into an anaerobic digester to obtain biogas and digestion residues;
(3) feeding at least a portion of the biochar into the anaerobic digester wherein the portion of the biochar is discharged with the digestion residues in the anaerobic digester;
(4) separating the digestion residues into slurry and fiber digestate by a solid-liquid separator;
(5) composting a first portion of the fiber digestate in a composter to form a compost product;
(6) employing heat generated from the pyrolysis oil and the biogas to dry a second portion of the fiber digestate, the compost product and other biomass wastes to obtain dried biomass wastes;
(7) feeding the dried biomass wastes into the pyrolyzer,
wherein step (4) further includes adding at least another portion of the biochar before separating the digestion residues to further increase the solid-liquid separation efficiency.

2. The method of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection of claim 1 , wherein step (5) further includes adding at least another portion of the biochar into the composter to further improve performance of the composting.

3. The method of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection of claim 1 , wherein, in step (2), the pyrolysis gas and the aqueous condensate are converted into the biogas by biochemical actions in the anaerobic digester and trace pollutants contained in the pyrolysis gas are removed, and
the biogas contains methane.

4. The method of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection of claim 1 , wherein the compost product in step (5) is used as soil amendment.

5. The method of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection of claim 4 , wherein the compost product in step (5) is mixed with the biochar to be used as soil amendment.

Assignees

• Univ Tongji

Inventors

• Lyu Fan
• He Pinjing
• Shao Liming
• Zhang Hua

Classifications

• C05G3/80

  Soil conditioners · CPC title

• C05F17/50

  Treatments combining two or more different biological or biochemical treatments, e.g. anaerobic and aerobic treatment or vermicomposting and aerobic treatment · CPC title

• C05F17/971

  for feeding or discharging materials to be treated; for feeding or discharging other material · CPC title

• C05F17/10

  Addition or removal of substances other than water or air to or from the material during the treatment (for activating or stimulating the treatment C05F17/20) · CPC title

• C05F17/20

  using specific microorganisms or substances, e.g. enzymes, for activating or stimulating the treatment (use of invertebrates C05F17/05) · CPC title