US Patent Issued to BLUE HORIZON HOLDINGS on June 17 for "Fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system and method" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,249, issued on June 17, was assigned to BLUE HORIZON HOLDINGS INC. (Gretna, Va.).

"Fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system and method" was invented by Kenneth D. Moss (Gretna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fast pyrolysis heat exchanger system for economically and efficiently converting biomass and other combustible materials into bio-oil. The system employs multiple closed loop tubes situated inside the heat exchanger. As a granular solid heat carrier is deposited at the top of the heat exchanger and caused to move downwardly therethrough, heat is transferred from the tubes to the heat carrier which is then transferred to a react...