Hydropyrolysis of woody materials to form thermosetting compounds

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOUNDS, THERMOSETTING UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE COMPRISING OBTAINING LIGNOCELLULOSE MATERIAL IN CHIP OR PARTICLE FORM, ESTABLISHING IN THE CHIPS REAGENTS WHICH, UNDER REACTION CONDITIONS, WILL YIELD 0.3 PERCENT (BASED ON DRY WOOD) OF AN ELECTROLYTE AT LEAST .01 IONIZED AT 0.1 N CONCENTRATION, SUBJECTING THE MOIST WOOD CHIPS TO A HYDROPYROLYSIS REACTTION, IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED LIQUID BY CONTACTING THE CHIPS WITH STEAM AT PRESSURES OF 600 TO 1260 P.S.I. AND THE CORRESPONDING TEMPERATURES FOR TIMES OF 10 MINUTES TO 20 SECONDS, ABRUPTLY TERMINATING THE REACTION BY REDUCING THE PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE, WASHING THE PRODUCT TO REMOVE SOLBULE SUGSTANCES AND BLENDING THE REACTION PRODUCT WITH AT LEAST 2 PERCENT OF A FIRST-STAGE THERMOSETTING PHENOLIC RESIN, WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST 15 PERCENT WATER CONTENT IN THE REACTION PRODUCT FROM ITS DISCHARGE FROM THE REACTION CHAMBER UNTIL ITS BLENDING WITH THE PHENOLIC RESIN.