Method for treating a gas formed from a waste in a molten metal bath
AssigneeMolten Metal Technology, Inc.
InventorChristopher J. Nagel
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Abstract
A method and a system is disclosed for treating a gaseous discharge stream formed from a waste in a molten metal bath. The waste is directed into a reactor containing a molten metal bath. The molten metal bath has operating conditions which are sufficient to dissociate the waste and form a gaseous discharge stream including a dissociation product. The gaseous discharge stream is cooled in a cooling section and the dissociation product is separated, as a particulate, from a gaseous component of the gaseous discharge stream. The fluid particulate stream is recirculated to the gaseous discharge stream in a reaction section of the apparatus.
Claims22
A method for treating a gaseous discharge stream formed from a waste in a molten metal bath, comprising the steps of:
- a) directing the waste into a molten metal bath within a reactor, the molten metal bath causing conversion of at least a portion of a waste to form a gaseous discharge stream that includes at least one intermediate component;
- b) combining the gaseous discharge stream with a fluidized bed of particulates;
- c) cooling the combined gaseous discharge stream and fluidized bed, wherein at least a portion of the intermediate component of the gaseous discharge stream is converted to a particulate product component of the particulates of the fluidized bed;
- d) separating at least a portion of the particulates from the cooled combined gaseous discharge stream and fluidized bed to form a particulate stream that includes at least a portion of said particulate product;
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- e) recirculating at least a portion of the particulate stream to the fluidized bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.