Patent ID: 11972502
Assignee: GREENTIRE ENERGY LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for locating and operating a gasification plant employing predominately tire-derived fuel as a feedstock, said method comprising the steps of:
identifying a parcel of land on which to site said plant, said parcel of land being located such that at least about 3,500,000 scrap tires per year are available for substantially regular and substantially continuous delivery to said plant, at a predetermined adequate tipping fee;
locating said plant on said parcel of land;
operating said plant on said parcel of land by:
shredding at least a portion of said 3,500,000 scrap tires into pellets; and
gasifying said pellets to produce synthesis gas;

selling at least one of said synthesis gas, electricity produced by combusting said synthesis gas, and steam produced by combusting said synthesis gas;
wherein said identifying step comprises the sub-steps of:
generating a visual representation of a geographic region of interest, wherein said visual representation includes at least one window adjacent at least one tire supplier location;
superimposing over said visual representation at least one criteria object, comprising at least one of a criteria object point, a criteria object line, and a criteria object area; and
identifying said parcel as lying within said at least one window and proximate said at least one criteria object; and

wherein locating said plant includes facilitating building said gasification plant on said identified parcel of land.