Device for preparing bio-oil, system for preparing bio-oil and method for preparing bio-oil using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9005313-B2
Application number	US-201013322550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2010
Priority date	May 26, 2009
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

A device for preparing bio-oil, a system for preparing bio-oil and a method for preparing bio-oil using the same are provided. Biomass is supplied to an inclined portion of a reactor, and high-temperature hot sand is supplied to an upper side of the biomass supplied to the inclined portion. Then, a heater heats the inclined portion. Thus, the fast pyrolysis performance of the biomass can be enhanced, thereby increasing the yield of bio-oil. Also, combustion gas produced from the heater is supplied to the interior of the reactor, so that the interior of the reactor can be simply formed under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. Accordingly, the device for preparing bio-oil can be manufactured into a very simple structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for preparing bio-oil, comprising:
a reactor configured to have an inclined portion formed to be inclined to at least one side portion thereof; a hot-sand supplier configured to be provided at one side of an upper portion of the reactor, and to supply high-temperature hot sand to an upper side of the biomass so that the biomass is disposed between the inclined portion and the hot-sand supplier; a biomass supplier configured to be provided at the other side of the upper portion of the reactor to face the hot-sand supplier, and to supply biomass to the inclined portion to move downward along the inclined portion; and
a heater configured to heat the inclined portion so as to fast pyrolysis the biomass and the hot sand,
wherein the inclined portion of the reactor comprises a heat transfer portion that receives heat supplied from the heater and equally transfers the heat to the inclined portion,
wherein the heater supplies high-temperature hot gas to the heat transfer portion, and the heat transfer portion is formed in the shape of a path along which the hot gas passes; and a hot gas inlet having the hot gas sucked through is formed at a lower portion of the heat transfer portion, and a hot gas outlet having the hot gas, heated by the inclined portion, exhausted through is formed at an upper portion of the heat transfer portion,
wherein a heat transfer structure for enhancing the heat transfer performance with the hot gas is formed on at least one of the inclined portion of the reactor and the heat transfer portion, and wherein the heat transfer structure is a plurality of protrusions protruding from the inclined portion of the reactor or the heat transfer portion.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the reactor is provided with at least one temperature sensor for sensing the internal temperature in the fast pyrolysis process of the biomass.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary heater that controls the reaction temperature of the biomass by heating the inclined portion is provided to the inclined portion of the reactor.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the hot-sand supplier is provided with a hot-sand heater that controls the temperature of the hot sand by heating the hot sand.

5. A system for preparing bio-oil, comprising:
a reactor configured to have an inclined portion formed to be inclined to at least one side portion thereof, wherein along the inclined portion, biomass is moved downward,
a hot-sand supplier configured to be provided at one side of an upper portion of the reactor, and to supply high-temperature hot sand to an upper side of the biomass so that the biomass is disposed between the inclined portion and the hot-sand supplier;
a heater configured to heat the inclined portion so as to fast pyrolyze the biomass and the hot sand;
a cyclone mechanism configured to receive gas produced in the interior of the reactor and to remove a solid matter contained in the gas;
a condenser configured to condense the gas obtained by removing the solid matter in the cyclone mechanism, and thereby producing bio-oil; and
a preheater configured to preheat external air supplied to the heater using waste heat exhausted from the reactor,
wherein the inclined portion of the reactor comprises a heat transfer portion that receives heat supplied from the heater and equally transfers the heat to the inclined portion,
wherein the heater supplies high-temperature hot gas to the heat transfer portion, and the heat transfer portion is formed in the shape of a path along which the hot gas passes; and a hot gas inlet having the hot gas sucked through is formed at a lower portion of the heat transfer portion, and a hot gas outlet having the hot gas, heated by the inclined portion, exhausted through is formed at an upper portion of the heat transfer portion,
wherein a heat transfer structure for enhancing the heat transfer performance with the hot gas is formed on at least one of the inclined portion of the reactor and the heat transfer portion, and
wherein the heat transfer structure is a plurality of protrusions protruding from the inclined portion of the reactor or the heat transfer portion.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein:
the heater burns gas that is not condensed in the condenser and char and hot sand that is discharged from the reactor;
the hot-sand supplier receives the hot sand heated from the heater.

Assignees

• Choi Hang-Seok
• Choi Yeon-Seok
• Kim Seock-Joon
• Park Hun-Che
• Han So-Young
• Korea Mach & Materials Inst

Inventors

• Choi Hang-Seok
• Choi Yeon-Seok
• Kim Seock-Joon
• Park Hun-Che
• Han So-Young

Classifications

• Y02E50/10

  Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel · CPC title

• Y02E50/14

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• C10B53/02

  of cellulose-containing material (production of pyroligneous acid C10C5/00) · CPC title

• C10G2300/1011

  Biomass · CPC title

• C10B51/00

  Destructive distillation of solid carbonaceous materials by combined direct and indirect heating · CPC title