A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.

An accumulation device that is operable in a feeding arrangement of a granulator, for accumulating flat material to be granulated, includes a first guiding device and a second guiding device. The accumulation device further includes a rotational shaft arranged to connect the accumulation device to the feeding arrangement. The first and the second guiding device are fixedly arranged in relation to each other so that when the accumulation device is rotated around its rotational shaft, the first guiding device as well as the second guiding device is rotated around the rotational shaft. A feeding arrangement and a granulator including such an accumulator device are also provided.

Disclosed is an accumulation device (150) operable in a feeding arrangement (110) of a granulator, for accumulating substantially flat material to be granulated. The accumulation device (150) comprises a first guiding device (152) and a second guiding device (154). The accumulation device (150) further comprises a rotational shaft (156) arranged to connect the accumulation device (150) to the feeding arrangement (110). The first and the second guiding device (152, 154) are fixedly arranged in relation to each other so that when the accumulation device (150) is rotated around its rotational shaft, the first guiding device (152) as well as the second guiding device (154) is rotated around the rotational shaft (156). Disclosed are further a feeding arrangement (110) and a granulator comprising such an accumulator device (150).

The present invention relates to a process for treating an object comprising a first material and a second material bound to the first material by centrifugal force. A process for treating an object comprising a first material which is a thermoplastic polymer and a second material selected from the group consisting of silicones, polyurethanes, fluorinated polymers, rubbers and polyvinylchloride bound to the first material, wherein the density of the first material is different from the density of the second material, said process comprising the following steps: (i) physically treating the object to obtain micronized particles, (ii) suspending the micronized particles in an acidic or alkaline solution to at least partially separate the first material from the second material, (iii) recovering the solids from the suspension obtained in step (ii) and suspending the recovered solids in a liquid composed of water and dissolved salt and having a density which is between the density of the first material and the density of the second material, and (iv) separating the first material from the second material by applying a centrifugal force to the suspension obtained in step (iii).

A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.

A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.

The invention relates to macerator for processing a slurry, the macerator comprising an inlet configured to receive a flow of inlet slurry comprising particles having an average particle size of less than 20 mm, an outlet, two or more bodies that rotate relative to each other, each body comprising a plurality of apertures to define a flow path through each body, wherein the slurry traverses the flow path from the macerator inlet to the macerator outlet via the at least one aperture of each body to produce an outlet slurry.

Method of recycling a textile material which comprises cellulose for manufacturing regenerated cellulosic molded bodies, wherein in the method the textile material is comminuted, at least a part of non-fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material is separated from fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material, at least a part of non-cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents is mechanically separated from cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents, at least a further part of the non-cellulosic fibers is chemically separated from the cellulosic fibers, and the molded bodies are generated based on the cellulosic fibers after mechanically separating and chemically separating.

Granulator mill (1) comprising granule chamber (3) comprising at least one non-rotatable blade (4), rotatable rotor (8) arranged inside the granule chamber (3), the rotor (8) comprising a number of blades (10) which are arranged for cooperation with the non-rotatable blade (4), a infeed hopper (5) for feeding waste into the granule chamber, a grid arranged in the granule chamber, where through granulated waste is allowed to pass to an outfeed hopper (30). A scraping device (15) is provided in a space (14) located axially in between a housing (2) and the rotatable rotor (8) and the scraping device (15) is attached to the housing (2).

Disclosed is an apparatus for the processing of plastics, with a container with a rotatable mixing, where, in a side wall, an aperture is formed, where a conveyor is provided, with a screw rotating in a housing, wherein the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, and wherein the ratio (V) of the active container volume (SV) to the feed volume (BV) of the container or of the cutter compactor (1), where V=SV/BV, is one where 4?V?30, where the active container volume (SV) is defined by the formula $\mathrm{SV}=D^3\frac{?}{4}$
and D is the internal diameter of the container, and where the feed volume (BV) is defined by the formula $\mathrm{BV}=D^2\frac{?}{4}.Math.H,$
where H is the height of the intake aperture.