ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,827, issued on June 10.
"Biomass slurry preparation for subterranean injection" was invented by Randall Norman Lack (Bellaire, Texas), Mark Junichi Havel (Houston), Mihaly Istvan Wekler (Houston) and Alexis Rafael Berthi Leon (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a biomass slurry for subterranean injection can include obtaining a quantity of a biomass slurry feedstock from a source, wherein the biomass slurry feedstock comprises a plurality of pieces, where the biomass slurry feedstock comprises a composite of cellulose in a lignin matrix, hemicellulose fibers in a lignin matrix, or any combination thereof, a...