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.

Aspects of the present disclosure include devices, systems, methods, and control systems for processing waste into usable products, such as fuel stock, soil additives, and usable byproducts. Various system components may include: 1) a material loading area; 2) a pre-shredder; 3) a magnet based separator; 4) an eddy current separator; 5) additional sorting devices, such as a ballistic separator and/or an optical separator; 6) a mechanical pulverizer, such as a vertical shaft impactor (VSI); 7) a moisture separation device, such as a cyclone; 8) a compressor, such as a ram baler; 9) a packager, such as a bale wrapper; 10) analyzers, such as for moisture and caloric data analysis; 11) a thermal pressure chamber, such as a thermal screw; and 12) a control system to control operation of the system.

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 pyrolysis waste-to-energy conversion system has a muffle furnace housing a rotating retort drum within the furnace and having an inlet sleeve and an outlet sleeve extending through inlet and outlet ends of the muffle furnace. A rotating retort drum drive applies rotary drive to the inlet rotating retort drum sleeves and an in-feed auger is within a tube within the inlet sleeve. An out-feed auger is within a tube within the outlet sleeve and arranged to deliver char and pyrolysis syngas to a char processing system and a syngas processing system. The inlet sleeve and said outlet sleeve are arranged to provide a gas seal to prevent air ingress or syngas egress to and from the rotating retort drum. A gas cleaning system has a cracking tower arranged to retain inlet gas at an elevated temperature for a residence time, and a gas quench and scrubber system.

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.

The invention relates to a pyrolysis plant and a process for recovering (recycling) carbon fibers from carbon fiber-containing plastics, in particular from carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFPs or CFP materials), preferably from carbon fiber-containing and/or carbon fiber-reinforced composites (composite materials).

Aspects of the present disclosure include devices, systems, methods, and control systems for processing waste into usable products, such as fuel stock, soil additives, and usable byproducts. Various system components may include: 1) a material loading area; 2) a pre-shredder; 3) a magnet based separator; 4) an eddy current separator; 5) additional sorting devices, such as a ballistic separator and/or an optical separator; 6) a mechanical pulverizer, such as a vertical shaft impactor (VSI); 7) a moisture separation device, such as a cyclone; 8) a compressor, such as a ram baler; 9) a packager, such as a bale wrapper; 10) analyzers, such as for moisture and caloric data analysis; 11) a thermal pressure chamber, such as a thermal screw; and 12) a control system to control operation of the system.

A pyrolysis waste-to-energy conversion system has a muffle furnace housing a rotating retort drum within the furnace and having an inlet sleeve and an outlet sleeve extending through inlet and outlet ends of the muffle furnace. A rotating retort drum drive applies rotary drive to the inlet rotating retort drum sleeves and an in-feed auger is within a tube within the inlet sleeve. An out-feed auger is within a tube within the outlet sleeve and arranged to deliver char and pyrolysis syngas to a char processing system and a syngas processing system. The inlet sleeve and said outlet sleeve are arranged to provide a gas seal to prevent air ingress or syngas egress to and from the rotating retort drum. A gas cleaning system has a cracking tower arranged to retain inlet gas at an elevated temperature for a residence time, and a gas quench and scrubber system.

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.

Disclosed is a method for heating a biomass moving along an industrial treatment line including an inlet (91) for the incoming biomass, a pressure pump (93), a heating unit (94) and a treatment station (95). According to an embodiment, steam is injected into the line between the pressure pump (93) and the heating unit (94) such as to pre-heat the biomass by condensing the steam.