Patent ID: 6576210
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B01D,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating carbon carryover in an effluent gas of a high temperature plasma waste treatment system, comprising the steps of:a. introducing an organic material into a processing chamber of a high temperature plasma waste treatment system thereby converting the organic material into a gaseous effluent containing carbon monoxide, hydrogen, hydrocarbons, and carbon carryover, b. directing the gaseous effluent through a filter, thereby adhering the carbon carryover on the filter, c. removing the carbon carryover from the filter, mixing the carbon carryover with a wetting agent selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, pentyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, heptyl alcohol, octyl alcohol, decyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, linoleic acid, linolienic acid, and combinations thereof to form a slurry, and e. directing the slurry back into the processing chamber of the high temperature plasma waste processing system.