System and method for extracting noxious chemicals from naturally-occurring raw materials and creating useful products

A method for extracting useful products from at least one of invasive, poisonous or toxic plant stock, the method comprising:

• conveying a slurry that contains at least one or more carrier liquids and at least some plant stock suspended in the one or more carrier liquids, the conveying being performed at least in part with a fluid conveyance of a wet-grinding apparatus;
• driving at least one rotor disk of a set of flat grinding disks of the wet-grinding apparatus with a motor drive operably coupled with a high torque motor, the driving causing the set of flat grinding disks to accept the slurry on one or more surfaces, to grind the suspended plant stock, and to discharge the slurry;
• and
• emitting microwave radiation, with at least one microwave emitter, toward at least a portion of the slurry at least one of before, while, or after the suspended plant stock is ground by the wet-grinding apparatus,
• wherein the emitting microwave radiation, with at least one microwave emitter, toward at least a portion of the slurry at least one of before, while, or after the suspended plant stock is ground by the wet-grinding apparatus comprises:
• emitting the microwave radiation within a containment structure configured to contain the microwave radiation and gases off-gassed from the slurry during microwave radiation treatment;
• creating a negative atmosphere between 760 and 10-9 torr within the containment structure with a compressor;
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• converting the off-gassed gases to liquid form for capture with at least a vapor recovery unit that includes at least one condenser.

A method for extracting useful products from at least one of invasive, poisonous or toxic plant stock, the method comprising:

• conveying a slurry that contains at least one or more carrier liquids and at least some plant stock suspended in the one or more carrier liquids, the conveying being performed at least in part with a fluid conveyance of a wet-grinding apparatus;
• driving at least one rotor disk of a set of flat grinding disks of the wet-grinding apparatus with a motor drive operably coupled with a high torque motor, the driving causing the set of flat grinding disks to accept the slurry on one or more surfaces, to grind the suspended plant stock, and to discharge the slurry;
• emitting microwave radiation, with at least one microwave emitter, toward at least a portion of the slurry at least one of before, while, or after the suspended plant stock is ground by the wet-grinding apparatus;
• and
• separating the slurry into (1) a wet fiber suitable for further processing into one or more first products and (2) a liquid fraction suitable for further processing into one or more second products,
• wherein the separating the slurry into (1) a wet fiber suitable for further processing into one or more first products and (2) a liquid fraction suitable for further processing into one or more second products comprises:
• separating the slurry at least in part with a separator apparatus that includes at least one of a decanting centrifuge, a basket centrifuge, or an SS Buchner Funnel method.