Process for storing heterogeneous rubbish in an inert gas

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed;
• loading and unloading the heterogeneous rubbish into and out of the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while the opening is open for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker and moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases including a by-product inert gas.

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed,
• loading and unloading the heterogeneous rubbish into and out of the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while the opening is open for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker and moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases including a by-product inert gas, and
• conveying the by-product inert gas from the thermal gasification station to the bottom of the bunker for use as the storage inert gas.

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed,
• loading and unloading the heterogeneous rubbish into and out of the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while the opening is open for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker and moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases including a by-product inert gas, and
• extracting the storage inert gas from the bunker for a continuous flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish.

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed,
• loading and unloading the heterogeneous rubbish into and out of the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while the opening is open for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker and moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases including a by-product inert gas, and
• extracting the storage inert gas from the bunker for a continuous flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish and conveying the extracted storage inert gas to the thermal gasification station.

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed,
• loading and unloading the heterogeneous rubbish into and out of the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while the opening is open for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker and moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases including a by-product inert gas, and
• maintaining the pressure of the storage inert gas at a pressure different than atmosphere pressure surrounding the bunker;
• maintaining the pressure of the storage inert gas at a lower pressure than atmosphere pressure surrounding the bunker.

A method for thermal treatment of heterogeneous rubbish made up of various bulk waste materials in a closed rubbish bunker having a bottom and at least one opening which may be opened and closed, said method comprising the steps of:

• loading the heterogeneous rubbish into the bunker;
• storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• closing and sealing the opening while storing the rubbish in the bunker;
• introducing a storage inert gas into the bottom of the bunker for flowing the storage inert gas upwardly through the stored rubbish to prevent combustion of the rubbish;
• unloading the rubbish out of the bunker;
• continuously controlling the flow of storage inert gas through the rubbish while unloading for replacing the storage inert gas lost through the opening during loading and unloading of the rubbish to continually prevent combustion of the rubbish in the bunker;
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• thermally gasifying the rubbish in a thermal gasification station spaced from the bunker;
• moving the rubbish unloaded from the bunker to the thermal gasification station for thermally gasifying the rubbish into various gases.