The present disclosure concerns a pyrolysis residue-discharge system fluid-tightly connectable to a pyrolysis reactor delimiting a fuel-containing cavity and having a discharge opening extending therethrough, the pyrolysis residue-discharge system comprising a residue discharge duct defining a residue discharge passageway having an inlet port and an outlet port; and a reactor-connecting end portion having a through opening, the reactor-connecting end portion being fluid-tightly connectable to the pyrolysis reactor to fluidly connect the through opening of the reactor-connecting end portion with the discharge opening of the pyrolysis reactor, the reactor-connecting end portion being fluid-tightly connectable to the residue discharge duct at the inlet port thereof to provide a fluid communication between the fuel-containing cavity of the pyrolysis reactor and the residue discharge passageway via the discharge opening. It also concerns a corresponding pyrolysis reactor assembly and a pyrolysis residue discharge method.

A method for remediating a contaminated porous matrix including selecting the type and quantity of organic fuel to create a smolderable mixture of the organic fuel and contaminated porous matrix, and controlling the rate of oxidant addition to manipulate the relative proportions of oxidative breakdown products, non-oxidative breakdown products, and non-destructive remediation processes. The method further involves collecting the volatilized contaminant, and any gaseous breakdown products of the contaminant.

A reactor and a method for centrifuge pyrolysis of a feedstock. The reactor may comprise a cylindrical reactor vessel, a heated surface, a cylindrical rotor and rotor blades and is configured to provide centrifugal force and axial propagation to a solid feedstock for centrifuge pyrolysis. A method for centrifuge pyrolysis is also provided. The method may comprise providing a reactor, providing a feedstock, producing heat in the inner wall of the reactor, rotating a rotor of the reactor and collecting the pyrolysis product. The reactor and the method of the invention may be used for ablative centrifuge pyrolysis of feedstock. The feedstock may be any organic feedstock such as biomass.

A horizontal pyrolysis furnace has a kiln and two barrels. The two barrels are respectively a processing barrel rotatably disposed in the kiln and a takeover barrel detachably connected with the processing barrel. Each one of the two barrels has a gate assembly and at least one spiral guiding plate. The gate assembly of the processing barrel is mounted on an end of the processing barrel, and extends out from the kiln. The two gate assemblies of the two barrels are detachably connected such that the two barrels are able to rotate synchronously. The at least one spiral guiding plate is fixed on an inner surface of one of the two barrels, and the spiral guiding plates of both barrels have an identical helical direction.

Applying heat from a heat source to a first region to cause a first pyrolysis process, the first pyrolysis process resulting in a gaseous mixture, and applying heat from the heat source to a second region to cause a second pyrolysis process, the second pyrolysis process being applied to the gaseous mixture, wherein the second region is located closer to the heat source than the first region. Pyrolysis is used to destroy oils, tars and/or PAHs in carbonaceous material.

A thermochemical system & method may be configured to convert an organic feedstock to various products. A thermochemical system may include a solid material feed module, a reactor module, an afterburner module, and a solid product finishing module. The various operational parameters (temperature, pressure, etc.) of the various modules may vary depending on the desired products. The product streams may be gaseous, vaporous, liquid, and/or solid.

A thermochemical system & method may be configured to convert an organic feedstock to various products. A thermochemical system may include a solid material feed module, a reactor module, an afterburner module, and a solid product finishing module. The various operational parameters (temperature, pressure, etc.) of the various modules may vary depending on the desired products. The product streams may be gaseous, vaporous, liquid, and/or solid.

A method for remediating a contaminated porous matrix including selecting the type and quantity of organic fuel to create a smolderable mixture of the organic fuel and contaminated porous matrix, and controlling the rate of oxidant addition to manipulate the relative proportions of oxidative breakdown products, non-oxidative breakdown products, and non-destructive remediation processes. The method further involves collecting the volatilized contaminant, and any gaseous breakdown products of the contaminant.

Example embodiments of the present invention relate generally to medical waste management and more specifically to a method and apparatus for carbonization of waste material using convective heat from the metallic inner surface of a waste treatment chamber and superheated nitrogen gas.

The invention relates to a cracking furnace containing a tubular vertical chamber which comprises an inlet for introducing a gas to be treated and an outlet for removing said gas from the chamber, means for heating said gas which include a heating tube extending vertically inside the chamber and coaxial with the chamber, the heating tube being shaped in such a way as to have a closed lower end and being arranged in such a way that the lower end thereof is arranged in the chamber and such that the upper end thereof is connected to a burner of the heating means arranged outside the chamber. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a cracking furnace and a device for thermal treatment of biomass and/or waste, an outlet of which is connected to the inlet of said cracking furnace.