| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus, which can be part of a pretreatment (101) system in a plant for the production of fuels derived from plant biomass, e. g. first generation crops, such as grain, sugarcane and corn or second generation crops such as lignocellulosic biomass. The apparatus has the function of in-feeding and dewatering biomass so as to control water content in biomass before the dewatered biomass is introduced into a process reactor (215) in a plant for the production of, for example, bio-ethanol. The in-feeding and dewatering processes are carried out at a pressure higher than or equal to the pressure inside the process reactor (215) providing the advantage of a fluid tight sealing of the process reactor and facilitating its continuous feeding. |
