Patent ID: 8163045
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: C10L,F23G,F23K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for making a burnable fuel comprising: providing a first source material to form an input material, where the source material comprises a mixture of combustible components and non-combustible components, where the non-combustible components include metals present in an amount of 1 wt. % up to 20 wt. % wherein the metals are selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, iron, iron alloys, nickel, nickel alloys, tin, tin alloys, copper, copper alloys, and/or mixtures of combinations thereof, disinfecting the input material to form a disinfected material, sizing or sizing and partially or completely homogenizing the input material into a particulate burnable fuel, shaping the particulate burnable fuel to form a shaped burnable fuel, and combusting the shaped burnable fuel in a combustion unit, where a portion of the heat is converted into a useable form of energy, where a portion of the heat is used directly, or where a portion of the heat and an ash is used to prepare an end product.