Patent ID: 7497392

Claim:
A system to process municipal solid waste; the system comprising: (a) a pressure vessel defining an open interior volume; the vessel including a movable door to provide selective access to the open interior volume and allow for loading of the solid waste into the interior volume; (b) a condenser tank in fluid communication with the interior volume of the vessel to permit selective addition of water to and evacuation of steam from the interior volume of the vessel; (c) a heater to increase temperature of the interior volume of the vessel; (d) a vacuum pump arrangement in vacuum communication with (i) the interior volume of the vessel to selectively reduce pressure within the interior volume of the vessel; and (ii) the condenser tank to evacuate steam from the interior volume of the vessel to the condenser tank; and (e) a water pump in communication with the condenser tank to add water from the condenser tank to the interior volume of the vessel.