Method for treating organic waste material and a catalyst/cocatalyst composition useful therefor
AssigneeDelphi Research, Inc.
InventorPatrick M. Dhooge
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Abstract
A catalyst/cocatalyst composition of matter is useful in electrolytically treating organic waste material. Use of the catalyst/cocatalyst composition causes the reaction rate to increase, and causes the anode potential and the energy required for the reaction to decrease. An electrolyte, including the catalyst/cocatalyst composition, and a reaction medium composition further including organic waste material are also described.
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A method for gasifying organic waste which comprises:
- combining organic waste material with electrolyte,
- conducting an electrocatalytic reaction between the organic waste material and the electrolyte, and
- maintaining an electrochemical potential across an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell containing the electrolyte,
- the electrolyte containing a catalyst combination of (a) electrocatalyst and (b) homogeneous cocatalyst.
A process for gasifying organic waste which comprises combining organic waste material with electrolyte containing a catalyst combination comprising (a) an electrocatalyst and (b) a homogeneous cocatalyst, and maintaining an electrochemical potential across an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell containing the electrolyte and the catalyst combination, the process being effected at a reaction rate, at a given temperature, which is attributable to the catalyst combination and which is greater than the sum of catalytic effects of respective components of said catalyst combination.
A process for gasifying organic waste which comprises combining organic waste material with electrolyte containing a catalyst combination comprising (a) an electrocatalyst and (b) a homogeneous cocatalyst, and maintaining an electrochemical potential across an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell containing the electrolyte and the catalyst combination, wherein, at a givven temperature, obtained reaction activation energy required to oxidize the organic waste material is decreased a greater amount by the catalyst combination than by the combined catalytic effects of each component of said catalyst combination.
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