A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

A system and method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container that includes placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load is a mixture of solid material and liquid; moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location; positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load; positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane; unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane; depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit; and dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.

A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

A system and method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container that includes placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load is a mixture of solid material and liquid; moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location; positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load; positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane; unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane; depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit; and dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.

An apparatus including a carbonizing furnace for obtaining a carbonized biomass by carbonizing a molded biomass and classification means disposed at the downstream side of the carbonizing furnace for classifying the carbonized biomass, and cooling means disposed at the downstream side of the classification means for cooling the classified carbonized biomass. The molded biomass is obtained by molding pulverized raw biomass and the cooling means cools the carbonized biomass by spraying water.

An apparatus including a carbonizing furnace for obtaining a carbonized biomass by carbonizing a molded biomass and classification means disposed at the downstream side of the carbonizing furnace for classifying the carbonized biomass, and cooling means disposed at the downstream side of the classification means for cooling the classified carbonized biomass. The molded biomass is obtained by molding pulverized raw biomass and the cooling means cools the carbonized biomass by spraying water.

A closed, gastight system for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit, wherein the system is configured to be connected to a coke drum unit (X) containing solidified petroleum coke and comprises a coke crushing unit (C) for crushing the petroleum coke into sellable petroleum coke pieces, configured to be connected to the coke drum unit (X), particularly by means of a flexible transition piece (A); a closed sluice way (D) leading petroleum coke slurry to a closed slurry basin; a closed slurry basin (E); a dewatering bin unit (G) configured to receive the petroleum coke slurry from the slurry basin (E), to collect the sellable petroleum coke pieces, and to act as a filter leading runoff drain water from a lower area thereof as filtered water and petroleum coke fines out of it; a closed drain water basin (I), separate from the slurry basin (E), configured to receive the filtered water and the petroleum coke fines from the dewatering bin unit (G); a water tank (L) configured to receive the filtered water from the drain water basin (I); a hot quench water draining line (2) configured to receive hot quench water from the coke drum unit (X) and to lead the same to the closed slurry basin (E); and characterised: in that the water tank (L) is configured as single water tank (L) without a separate second tank; and by comprising one or more of the following elements: a first vent collection line (15a) extending from a top portion of the closed slurry basin (E) to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the slurry basin (E) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); a second vent collection line (15b) extending from the dewatering bin unit (G), particularly a top portion thereof, to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the dewatering bin unit (G) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); and a third vent collection line (15c) extending from the closed drain water basin (I), particularly a top portion thereof, to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the closed drain water basin (I) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); and by comprising a fourth vent collection line (15d) extending from the water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, to a vent treatment unit, in particular to a vent incineration unit.

A closed, gastight system for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit, wherein the system is configured to be connected to a coke drum unit (X) containing solidified petroleum coke and comprises a coke crushing unit (C) for crushing the petroleum coke into sellable petroleum coke pieces, configured to be connected to the coke drum unit (X), particularly by means of a flexible transition piece (A); a closed sluice way (D) leading petroleum coke slurry to a closed slurry basin; a closed slurry basin (E); a dewatering bin unit (G) configured to receive the petroleum coke slurry from the slurry basin (E), to collect the sellable petroleum coke pieces, and to act as a filter leading runoff drain water from a lower area thereof as filtered water and petroleum coke fines out of it; a closed drain water basin (I), separate from the slurry basin (E), configured to receive the filtered water and the petroleum coke fines from the dewatering bin unit (G); a water tank (L) configured to receive the filtered water from the drain water basin (I); a hot quench water draining line (2) configured to receive hot quench water from the coke drum unit (X) and to lead the same to the closed slurry basin (E); and characterised: in that the water tank (L) is configured as single water tank (L) without a separate second tank; and by comprising one or more of the following elements: a first vent collection line (15a) extending from a top portion of the closed slurry basin (E) to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the slurry basin (E) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); a second vent collection line (15b) extending from the dewatering bin unit (G), particularly a top portion thereof, to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the dewatering bin unit (G) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); and a third vent collection line (15c) extending from the closed drain water basin (I), particularly a top portion thereof, to the clean water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, for collecting excess amounts of gaseous phase from the closed drain water basin (I) and for feeding the same to the clean water tank (L); and by comprising a fourth vent collection line (15d) extending from the water tank (L), particularly a top portion thereof, to a vent treatment unit, in particular to a vent incineration unit.