Method and apparatus for treatment of waste

An apparatus including a pyrolytic converter for treating waste material comprising:

• (a) a thermal reactor including a hollow housing and a reaction chamber disposed within said hollow housing;
• (b) feed means connected to said thermal reactor for controllably feeding the waste material to said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor said feed means comprising:
• (i) a waste receiving hopper connected to said thermal reactor;
• (ii) a feed screw connected to said waste receiving hopper for transporting liquid waste material toward said reactor chamber;
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• (iii) atomizing means connected to said feed screw for at least partially atomizing the liquid waste material prior to transporting the liquid waste material toward said pyrolytic converter;
• (c) conveyor means for conveying the waste material through said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor;
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• (d) heating means for heating said reaction chamber, said heating means comprising a thermal oxidizer connected to said thermal reactor for initially heating said reaction chamber.

An apparatus for treating waste material comprising:

• (a) a thermal reactor including a hollow housing and a reaction chamber disposed within said hollow housing;
• (b) feed means connected to said thermal reactor for controllably feeding the waste material to said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor;
• (c) conveyor means for conveying the waste material through said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor, said conveyor means comprising a pair of conveyor mechanisms rotatably mounted within said reaction chamber in a side-by-side relationship, each of said pair of conveyor mechanisms comprising a first screw conveyor section and a second conveyor section interconnected with said first screw conveyor section, said second conveyor section comprising a plurality of paddle flights;
• (d) heating means for heating said reaction chamber, said heating means comprising a thermal oxidizer connected to said thermal reactor for initially heating said reaction chamber, said thermal oxidizer comprising first and second subchambers divided by a baffle means for controlling the flow of gases between said first and second subchambers;
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• (e) drying means operably associated with thermal reactor for drying the waste material.

An apparatus for treating waste material comprising:

• (a) a thermal reactor including a hollow housing and a reaction chamber disposed within said hollow housing;
• (b) feed means connected to said thermal reactor for controllably feeding the waste material to said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor;
• (c) conveyor means for conveying the waste material through said reactor chamber of said thermal reactor, said conveyor means comprising a pair of conveyor mechanisms rotatably mounted within said reaction chamber in a side-by-side relationship;
• (d) heating means for heating said reaction chamber, said heating means comprising a thermal oxidizer connected to said thermal reactor for initially heating said reaction chamber, said thermal oxidizer comprising first and second subchambers divided by a baffle means for controlling the flow of gases between said first and second subchambers;
• (e) drying means operably associated with thermal reactor for drying the waste material;
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• (f) pressure sensing means operably associated with said baffle means for sensing pressure differential between said first and second subchambers.