Method for complete destruction of carbon in high temperature plasma waste treatment systems
AssigneeIntegrated Environmental Technologies, LLC
InventorJeffrey E. Surma
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Abstract
A method for destroying carbon carryover created in high temperature plasma waste treatment systems whereby the carbon carryover is mixed with a wetting agent and returned to the high temperature plasma waste treatment system for further processing. The method may further utilize the carbon carryover to first capture the hydrocarbons produced in a high temperature plasma waste treatment system, and then feed the thus captured hydrocarbons back into the high temperature processing system to be converted into useful products together with the carbon carryover.
Claims9
A method for destroying carbon carryover in the effluent gas of a high temperature plasma waste treatment system, comprising the steps of:
- a) introducing an organic material into the processing chamber of a high temperature plasma waste treatment system thereby converting the organic material into a gaseous effluent containing carbon monoxide, hydrogen, hydrocarbons, and carbon carryover,
- b) directing the gaseous effluent through a filter, thereby adhering the carbon carryover on the filter,
- c) removing the carbon carryover from the filter,
- d) mixing the carbon carryover with a wetting agent to form a slurry, and
- e) directing the slurry back into the processing chamber of the high temperature plasma waste processing system.
The method of claim 3 wherein the gaseous effluent is cooled to a temperature between 175 and 250° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.