MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617074521 A) filed by Valmet Ab on June 16, 2026, for Method And System For Monitoring A Steam Explosion Process.
Inventor includes Averheim, Andreas.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: Method for monitoring a steam explosion process, the steam explosion process comprising thermally treating the biomass material with steam (and optionally a catalyst such as an acid catalyst) at elevated pressure and temperature in at least one reactor and discharging the biomass material and blow steam from the at least one reactor by means of steam explosion discharge. The method for monitoring comprises the following steps: collecting (2) at least part of the blow steam; condensing (3) the collected blow steam to provide a condensate; carrying out Raman spectroscopy measurements (4) on the condensate to obtain at least one Raman spectra and predicting (5) at least one parameter indicative of the severity of the steam explosion process based on said Raman spectra. A method for controlling a steam explosion process is also provided as well as corresponding systems.
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