Waste destruction device
AssigneeSafe Dispose LLC
InventorsRobert Thompson, James Slanina
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Abstract
A device for converting harmful waste products into environmentally friendly discharge is provided. The discharge, as a result of the waste destruction process, meets or exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The device includes a waste disposal chamber where a crucible is positioned. The crucible is configured to retain a removable basket that is heated via induction heating. The waste residing within the removable basket is then vaporized and ionized within a vacuum to form a waste gas that is drawn through an accelerated jet of thermal plasma via vacuum suction. Once the waste gas passes through the plasma, it passes through a discharge duct where it is condensed by a heat exchanger and exhausted into the environment surrounding the device.
Claims15
A device for the destruction of waste comprising:
- a removable basket disposed to receive a predetermined amount of waste;
- a crucible configured to receive the removable basket, wherein an induction coil heats the removable basket, thereby atomizing and ionizing the waste disposed within the removable basket into a waste gas;
- a waste disposal chamber including an internal cavity configured to receive the crucible, the waste disposal chamber in fluidic communication with a plasma chamber via a duct, such that the waste gas flows from the waste disposal chamber to the plasma chamber;
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- the plasma chamber comprising a plasma head disposed within the plasma chamber, wherein the plasma head provides an accelerated jet of thermal plasma, such that when the waste gas flows from the waste disposal chamber and into the plasma chamber, the waste gas passes over the accelerated jet of hot plasma thereby incinerating dioxins within the waste gas, wherein the waste gas is discharged into an environment surrounding the device.
A device for the destruction of waste comprising:
- a crucible configured to receive a predetermined amount of waste, wherein an induction coil is in thermodynamic communication with the crucible, such that the induction coil heats the waste, thereby atomizing and ionizing the waste disposed within the crucible into a waste gas;
- a waste disposal chamber defining an internal cavity configured to receive the crucible;
- a first duct having a first end and a second opposite end, wherein the first end is in fluidic communication with the internal cavity and the second end is coupled to a plasma chamber, such that the waste gas flows from the catalytic converter to the plasma chamber via the first duct;
- the plasma chamber comprising:
- a plasma head disposed within the plasma chamber, wherein the plasma head provides an accelerated jet of thermal plasma;
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- a discharge duct extending away from the plasma head,
- wherein when the waste gas flows from the second duct into the plasma chamber it passes over the accelerated jet of thermal plasma, such that dioxins within the waste gas are incinerated and having the waste gas flow through the discharge duct and into an environment surrounding the device;
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- a second duct having a first end and a second opposite end, wherein the first end is connected to the plasma chamber, and the second end is connected to a pressure altering pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.