NOVELTY - Recovery of a volatile organic compound (VOC) from a biomass material (1) comprises: introducing a biomass material to a compartment (3) of a solventless recovery system (100); contacting the biomass material with a superheated vapor stream in the compartment to vaporize at least a portion of an initial liquid content in the biomass material; separating a vapor component (10) from a solid component of the heated biomass material; and retaining at least a portion of the gas component for use as at least part of the superheated vapor stream.    USE - The method is useful for recovery of a volatile organic compound (ethanol) from a biomass material, where the enriched ethanol product stream is used as a component in an automotive gasoline composition (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method: allows to run continuously year-round in a controlled manner independent of the harvest window, thus broadening the geological locations available to place a recovery facility including areas with a relatively short harvest window; eliminates or minimizes the need for just-in-time harvesting allowing for year-round ethanol production regardless of the harvest window of the sugar crop; provides efficient and economical production and recovery of ethanol or other VOCs such as acetic acid, on a larger scale; allows the solid biomass to be harvested in a much shorter harvest window than typical sugar cane juicing operations; and utilizes the solventless recovery system where vapors that contact the wet solids are only those vapors that have been previously removed from the solids so that there is no dilution or explosion risk.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Recovery of a volatile organic compound (VOC) from a biomass material (1) comprises: introducing a biomass material to a compartment (3) of a solventless recovery system (100); contacting the biomass material with a superheated vapor stream in the compartment to vaporize at least a portion of an initial liquid content in the biomass material; separating a vapor component (10) from a solid component of the heated biomass material; and retaining at least a portion of the gas component for use as at least part of the superheated vapor stream. The biomass material contains at least one VOC. The superheated vapor stream comprises at least one VOC. The vapor component comprises at least one VOC.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic diagram of processing biomass material.    Biomass material (1)    Input (2)    Compartment (3)    Vapor component (10)    Recovery system (100)