摘要 |
An apparatus for treating material, such as lignocellulose material, fibrous material, particulate material, cellulosic material, and the like. The apparatus includes a feed system, a reactor, a conveyor, and a discharge system. The feed system has an inlet for receiving the material from a suppl y source at ambient pressure conditions and an outlet for releasing the material. The reactor is used for treating the material and has an inlet connected to the outlet of the feed system for receiving the material releas ed from the feed system, and an outlet for releasing the material treated by th e reactor. The conveyor is located inside the reactor for conveying the materi al from the inlet of the reactor to the outlet thereof. The discharge system is used for discharging the material and has a chamber and a pump. The chamber has an inlet connected to the outlet of the reactor for receiving the materi al treated by the reactor, and an outlet. The pump is connected to the chamber for pumping liquid into the chamber so as to put the treated material receiv ed from the reactor in liquid suspension, thereby obtaining a liquid suspended treated material, said liquid suspended treated material being dischargeable from the apparatus into ambient pressure conditions through the outlet of th e chamber.
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