Patent ID: 11879106
Assignee: ECOGENSUS LLC
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
heating, in a process vessel, a solid waste composition comprising one or more plastics in a total amount of about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the solid waste composition;
drying, in the process vessel, the solid waste composition to form a dried solid waste mixture having water in an amount of less than 2 wt. % of the dried solid waste mixture;
melting, in the process vessel, at least a portion of the one or more plastics of the dried solid waste mixture at below atmospheric pressure; and
forming a solid fuel composition from the dried solid waste mixture, the solid fuel composition having an energy content of at least about 8,000 BTU/lb.