Patent ID: 8562793
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A62D,B01J,B03B,B09B,C08J,C10B,C10G,H05B,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A process for reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents, said process comprising the steps of: feeding a sample of said organic-containing material into an infeed system, wherein said infeed system contains a non-flammable blanketing purge gas; transferring said material into at least one microwave applicator containing said purge gas in a pressurized state above local atmospheric pressure; exposing said material in said microwave applicator to at least two sources of microwaves from a bifurcated waveguide for a period of time sufficient to volumetrically reduce said material into said constituents, a frequency of said microwaves between approximately 894 MHz and approximately 1000 MHz and without an external heat source, monitoring said microwaves so that any reflected microwave energy is redirected by a circulator and absorbed by a water load; collecting gaseous byproduct constituents from said volumetrically reduced sample in said microwave applicator; purging an outfeed system for said organic-containing material with said non-flammable blanketing purge gas; removing said volumetrically reduced organic-containing material from said transporting means after passage from said outfeed system; and cooling said collected gaseous byproduct constituents for a sufficient time to allow condensables in said gaseous byproduct constituents to form a liquid.