METHOD FOR REFINING PLANT FIBERS BY STEAM EXPLOSION

An industrial system for refining plant fibers by steam explosion includes: a pre-chamber; a loader for loading the pre-chamber with sheaves of a fibrous plant， a spark gap arranged under the pre-chamber， a valve upstream of the pre-chamber， a valve separating the pre-chamber from the spark gap when in the closed state and opening a passage with a diameter of at least the smallest of the diameters of the pre-chamber and the spark gap when in the open state; a washing system arranged inside the spark gap for washing the spark gap and dragging the fibers downwards; a mobile basket for receiving fibers with a position under the spark gap for receiving fibers; a liquid-recovery device， arranged under the basket and under the spark gap， a receiving chamber receiving the basket loaded with fibers; and a drying chamber.