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US 8,283,512 B1Granted
Method and system for enhanced energy production from transforming, reducing and eliminating organic material and medical wastes
OwnerThomas C. Maganasinventor
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Abstract
A waste elimination apparatus includes a natural gas ignition system, a silica material bed, a heat transfer device, and a system for collecting plasma produced energy. A reaction formed by heat from ignition, carbon from the waste material, supercritical water, —OH radicals, and muons released from the silica bed transform the waste into a fuel. This fuel is more efficiently consumed by the complete combustion process resulting in near total elimination of the waste, increased energy production, and virtually no emissions.
Claims25
A reactor for the destruction of medical waste and/or conversion of organic materials into thermal energy, comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- a heat source in communication with the reaction chamber;
- an air source fluidly coupled with the reaction chamber;
- a bed of catalytic media located within the reaction chamber so as to receive heat from the flame source and airflow from the air source, wherein the air source is configured to partially suspend the catalytic media;
- an opening through the reaction chamber through which medical waste and/or organic material can be introduced into the reaction chamber;
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- an elevated platform located within the reaction chamber above the catalytic media, wherein the elevated platform includes one or more apertures that fluidly couple a top surface with a bottom surface, wherein the elevated platform is configured to maintain the medical waste and/or organic material above the catalytic media when the catalytic media is partially suspended by air from the air source during destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy.
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A method for destroying medical waste and/or converting organic materials into thermal energy, the method comprising:
- providing a reactor for the destruction of medical waste and/or conversion of organic materials into thermal energy, comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- a heat source in communication with the reaction chamber;
- an air source fluidly coupled with the reaction chamber;
- a bed of catalytic media located within the reaction chamber so as to receive heat from the flame source and airflow from the air source, wherein the air source is configured to partially suspend the catalytic media;
- an opening through the reaction chamber through which medical waste and/or organic material can be introduced into the reaction chamber;
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- an elevated platform located within the reaction chamber above the catalytic media, wherein the elevated platform includes one or more apertures that fluidly couple a top surface with a bottom surface, wherein the elevated platform is configured to maintain the medical waste and/or organic material above the catalytic media when the catalytic media is partially suspended by air from the air source during destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy;
- introducing heat and airflow into the reaction chamber so as to interact with the catalytic media and generate reactive species;
- introducing medical waste and/or organic material into the reaction chamber by means of the elevated platform in order to maintain the medical waste and/or organic material above the bed of catalytic media;
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- destroying the medical waste and/or converting the organic material into thermal energy while maintaining the medical waste and/or organic material above the catalytic media.
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A reactor for the destruction of medical waste and/or conversion of organic materials into thermal energy, comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- a heat source in communication with the reaction chamber;
- an air source fluidly coupled with the reaction chamber;
- a bed of catalytic media located within the reaction chamber so as to receive heat from the flame source and airflow from the air source, wherein the air source is configured to partially suspend the catalytic media;
- a metal cage that can be selectively lowered into the reaction chamber and which includes one or more platforms configured to maintain medical waste or other organic material above the catalytic media when the catalytic media is partially suspended by air from the air source during destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy;
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- a hole through the reaction chamber through which the metal cage can be selectively raised or lowered in order to position medical waste or other organic material above the catalytic media and thereafter remove any remains from the medical waste and/or organic material after destruction and/or conversion of the medical waste or other organic material into thermal energy.
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A reactor for the destruction of medical waste and/or conversion of organic materials into thermal energy, comprising:
- a reaction chamber;
- a heat source in communication with the reaction chamber;
- an air source fluidly coupled with the reaction chamber;
- a bed of catalytic media located within the reaction chamber so as to receive heat from the flame source and airflow from the air source;
- a cage that can be selectively lowered into the reaction chamber and which includes multiple stacked porous platforms configured to maintain multiple layers of medical waste and/or organic material above the catalytic media during destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy;
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- a hole through the reaction chamber through which the metal cage can be selectively raised or lowered in order to position medical waste and/or organic material above the catalytic media during destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy and thereafter remove remains from the medical waste and/or organic material after their destruction and/or conversion into thermal energy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.