torrefy
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Since torrefied biomass behaves similarly to coal, that means it will take 8,000 tons to keep the facility humming for a full day.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2016
Bruce Daucsavage, president of Ochoco Lumber, said their goal is to prove torrefied biomass can become a viable and sustainable commercial business in Oregon, providing rural jobs while also improving forest health.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2016
It is obtained in the same way as torrefied horn, already referred to—namely, by treatment with steam.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
Corn is most frequently prepared in this way for food; but this and several other grains are often torrefied for coffee.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
The solution of asphaltum in turpentine, united with drying oil by heat, or the bitumen torrefied and ground in linseed or drying-oil, acquires a firmer texture, but becomes less transparent and dries with difficulty.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Torrefac′tion, act of torrefying: state of being torrefied.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
