Method for converting waste into electricity

A method for converting waste into electricity using a generator

• a. wherein the generator comprises
• i. a vessel having a front side, a back side, bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a feed ramp;
• ii. a feed system with a sealable opening disposed in the front for supplying waste to the vessel;
• iii. a moveable non-transferred torch disposed in at least one side of said vessel for contacting said waste creating molten material;
• iv. a moveable transferred torch for contacting the molten material wherein the transferred torch is disposed in at least one side of said vessel;
• v. at least one steam injector disposed in at least one side of said vessel;
• vi. at least one molten material outlet disposed in the back of said vessel;
• vii. at least one gas outlet disposed in the third side of the vessel for transferring gas from the vessel to a dry scrubber wherein said dry scrubber further has a dry scrubber outlet;
• viii. a wet scrubber connected to the dry scrubber outlet for receiving gas from the dry scrubber, and further scrubbing said gas and passing said gas to a wet scrubber outlet;
• b. heating the vessel;
• c. loading waste comprising steel into the heated vessel;
• d. melting the loaded waste comprising steel to a molten state in the vessel by first using a non-transferred torch to cut and melt the waste and then using a second transferred torch to maintain the liquid state of the waste creating a molten metal pool;
• e. adding an additional 4 tons of steel to the heated vessel creating a molten metal pool with a minimum operating depth;
• f. raising the heated vessel temperature to an operating temperature of at least 2000 degrees Centigrade;
• g. acquiring EPA category MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, HAZARDOUS WASTE and/or SPECIAL WASTE to load into the vessel;
• h. loading said waste into the vessel at a defined rate per hour;
• i. transforming the waste into molten material with the non-transferred torch by cutting and heating said waste;
• j. maintaining the molten material status of the waste by further melting any non-melted waste into a molten status with the transferred torch;
• k. determining BTU content and gas flow;
• l. injecting steam into the vessel;
• m. flowing gas from the vessel through the dry and wet scrubbers and into storage containers;
• n. flowing gas from the storage containers to at least one steam boiler unit;
• and
• o. using the steam boiler to run at least one steam turbine to generate electricity at a capacity up to 50 megawatts.