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Title:
DUAL VESSEL CHEMICAL MODIFICATION AND HEATING OF WOOD WITH OPTIONAL VAPOR CONTAINMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/087879
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A commercial scale system and process for chemically modifying wood and then heating the chemically-modified wood. The system/process separates the chemical modification step from the heating step by utilizing two different vessels for the modification and heating steps. The system and process can, in certain situations, include a containment room for preventing escape of vapors from a chemical wood modification reactor, a wood heater, and/or a chemically-modified bundle of wood as the bundle is transported from the wood modification reactor to the wood heater.

Inventors:
SHELTON MARK ROBERT (US)
FELTY JARVEY EUGENE (US)
ATTRIDE DAVID CARL (US)
OVERTURF BRAD WILLIAM (US)
KIMREY HAROLD DAIL JR (US)
MYKYTKA JOHN PETER (US)
GUINN TIMOTHY LEE (US)
LITTRELL TYLER (US)
HIESTER ANDREW C (US)
MOORE JARED (US)
NELSON JAMES STEWART (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/065740
Publication Date:
November 08, 2012
Filing Date:
December 19, 2011
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Assignee:
EASTMAN CHEM CO (US)
International Classes:
B27K5/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2009134406A12009-11-05
WO2009040656A22009-04-02
Foreign References:
EP0909618A21999-04-21
US6632326B12003-10-14
Other References:
See also references of EP 2655024A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MCGREEVEY, William, K. (Kingsport, TN, US)
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