Medical Waste Treatment System and Method

A medical facility that generates medical waste including a medical waste treatment unit operatively coupled to the medical facility wherein the medical waste treatment unit comprises:

• a gasification reactor configured for receiving medical waste wherein the gasification reactor is configured to receive steam and carbon dioxide and wherein the gasification reactor is configured to output slag and raw syngas;
• a syngas treatment unit configured to receive the raw syngas wherein the syngas treatment unit is configured to output sulfur and chlorine and wherein the syngas treatment unit is configured to output clean syngas;
• an electrolysis unit is configured to receive water wherein the electrolysis unit is configured to output oxygen and wherein the electrolysis unit is configured to output hydrogen;
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• a liquid fuel synthesis unit is configured to receive the clean syngas and the hydrogen wherein the liquid fuel synthesis unit is configured to output synthetic liquid fuel, wherein the liquid fuel synthesis unit is configured to output gaseous fuel, and wherein the medical facility generates substantially zero emissions in a disposal of the medical waste.

A medical facility that generates medical waste including a medical waste treatment unit operatively coupled to the medical facility wherein the medical waste treatment unit comprises:

• a gasification reactor configured for receiving medical waste wherein the gasification reactor unit is configured to receive steam and carbon dioxide, wherein the gasification reactor is configured to output slag and raw syngas, wherein the gasification reactor includes a plasma torch having a dielectric resonator to support plasma generation;
• a syngas treatment unit configured to receive the raw syngas wherein the syngas treatment unit is configured to output sulfur and chlorine and wherein the syngas treatment unit is configured to output clean syngas;
• an electrolysis unit configured to receive water wherein the electrolysis unit is configured to output oxygen and wherein the electrolysis unit is configured to output hydrogen;
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• a liquid fuel synthesis unit configured to receive the clean syngas and the hydrogen wherein the liquid fuel synthesis unit is configured to output synthetic liquid fuel, wherein the liquid fuel synthesis unit is configured to output gaseous fuel, and wherein the medical facility generates substantially zero emissions in a disposal of the medical waste.