NOVELTY - Processing biomass material comprises: (i) introducing a biomass material to a compartment of a solventless recovery system; (ii) contacting the biomass material with a superheated vapor stream in the compartment; (iii) separating a vapor component and a solid component from the heated biomass material; (iv) discharging the solid component from the solventless recovery system; (v) generating at least one fermentable sugar from the lignocellulosic material; and (vi) contacting at least one fermentable sugar with a microorganism capable of using fermentable sugar to generate a hydrocarbon.    USE - The method is useful for processing biomass material (claimed), more particularly for manufacturing and recovering volatile organic compounds and hydrocarbon compounds, using readily available fermentable sugar and fermentable sugar from further processing of lignocellulosic material in the biomass material.    ADVANTAGE - The method can allow for production of volatile organic compounds from fermentation and further processing of lignocellulosic material, which reduces storage, handling, and transportation costs associated with other feedstock before it can enter the production flow of the further processing of lignocellulosic material. The method can also provide a continuous supply of feedstock that is already formatted in contrast to conventional feedstock that often requires storage, transportation, and/or formatting at or prior to arriving at the biomass facility for processing of the lignocellulosic material, which reduces the particular associated costs. The feedstock can also have lower handling and transportation costs when it is transported to other locations for processing of the lignocellulosic material. Unlike other conventional feedstock sources, such as forest resources, the feedstock exits the volatile organic compound recovery system in a preformatted manner that is particle-size reduced, which can reduce or eliminate the front end processing costs before the feedstock can enter the processing of lignocellulosic material. The preformatted size distribution of the feedstock places it in a denser form than other conventional feedstock sources, which can reduce transportation cost as more of the feedstock can be transported per volume. The method can provide a supply of feedstock that is available year-round independent of a harvest period particular to a biomass material thus reducing storage needs and costs for the further processing plant and does not compete with valuable food sources for human.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Processing biomass material comprises: (i) introducing a biomass material to a compartment of a solventless recovery system, where the biomass material contains one or more volatile organic compounds; (ii) 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, the superheated vapor stream comprising at least one volatile organic compound; (iii) separating a vapor component and a solid component from the heated biomass material, the vapor component comprising at least one volatile organic compound; retaining at least a portion of the gas component for use as part of the superheated vapor stream; (iv) discharging the solid component from the solventless recovery system, where the solid component comprises a lignocellulosic material; (v) generating at least one fermentable sugar from the lignocellulosic material; and (vi) contacting the fermentable sugar with a microorganism capable of using the fermentable sugar to generate a hydrocarbon; or processing biomass material comprises contacting a solid component of a biomass material with a solution adapted to facilitate saccharification, and contacting the fermentable sugar with a microorganism capable of using the fermentable sugar to generate a hydrocarbon. where the solid component is generated by a method comprising: introducing a biomass material to a compartment of a solventless recovery system, where the biomass material contains one or more volatile organic compounds; 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, the superheated vapor stream comprising at least one volatile organic compound; separating a vapor component and a solid component from the heated biomass material, the vapor component comprising at least one volatile organic compound; retaining at least a portion of the gas component for use as part of the superheated vapor stream; and discharging the solid component from the solventless recovery system.