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EP 0644788 B1 19970813 - METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR TREATING ORGANIC WASTE

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR TREATING ORGANIC WASTE

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ORGANISCHEN ABFALLSTOFFEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET INSTALLATION DE TRAITEMENT DE DECHETS ORGANIQUES

Publication

EP 0644788 B1 19970813 (EN)

Application

EP 93914428 A 19930608

Priority

  • US 9305445 W 19930608
  • US 89534692 A 19920608

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9325278A1] A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating an organic waste containing hydrogen and carbon in molten metal to form enriched hydrogen and carbon oxide gas streams. In one embodiment, the organic waste is introduced into a molten metal contained in a carbonization reactor without the addition of a separate oxidizing agent and under conditions sufficient to decompose the organic waste to generate hydrogen gas and carbonize the molten metal. Carbonized molten metal is directed from the carbonization reactor to a decarbonization reactor and an oxidizing agent is introduced into the carbonized molten metal in the decarbonization reactor to oxidize carbon contained therein thereby decarbonizing said molten metal and generating an enriched stream of carbon oxide gas.

IPC 1-7

A62D 3/00; C10J 3/57

IPC 8 full level

A62D 3/32 (2007.01); C10J 3/57 (2006.01); A62D 101/20 (2007.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A62D 3/32 (2013.01); C10J 3/57 (2013.01); A62D 2101/20 (2013.01); A62D 2203/10 (2013.01); C10J 2300/0946 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9325278 A1 19931223; AT E156716 T1 19970815; AU 4409293 A 19940104; AU 668736 B2 19960516; BR 9306673 A 19981208; CA 2136073 A1 19931223; DE 69313113 D1 19970918; DE 69313113 T2 19971211; EP 0644788 A1 19950329; EP 0644788 B1 19970813; JP H07507593 A 19950824; MD 960311 A 19980630; RU 94046339 A 19961020

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9305445 W 19930608; AT 93914428 T 19930608; AU 4409293 A 19930608; BR 9306673 A 19930608; CA 2136073 A 19930608; DE 69313113 T 19930608; EP 93914428 A 19930608; JP 50166294 A 19930608; MD 960311 A 19930608; RU 94046339 A 19941207