Patent ID: 7267698

Claim:
A method for producing hydrogen using a generator a. wherein the generator comprises i. a vessel having a front side, a back side, bottom side, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a feed ramp; ii. a feed system with a sealable opening disposed in the front for supplying waste to the vessel; iii. a moveable non-transferred torch disposed in at least one side of said vessel for contacting said waste creating molten material; iv. a moveable transferred torch for contacting the molten material wherein the transferred torch is disposed in at least one side of said vessel; v. at least one steam ‘injector disposed in at least one side of said vessel; vi. at least one molten material outlet disposed in the back of said vessel; vii. at least one gas outlet disposed in the third side of the vessel for transferring gas from the vessel to a dry scrubber wherein said dry scrubber further has a dry scrubber outlet; viii. a wet scrubber connected to the dry scrubber outlet for receiving gas from the dry scrubber, and further scrubbing said gas and passing said gas to a wet scrubber outlet; ix. a hydrogen storage vessel connected to the wet scrubber outlet; b. heating the vessel; c. loading waste comprising steel into the heated vessel; d. melting the loaded waste comprising steel to a molten state in the vessel by first using a non-transferred torch to cut and melt the waste and then using a second transferred torch to maintain the liquid state of the waste creating a molten metal pool; e. adding an additional 4 tons of steel to the heated vessel creating a molten metal pool with a minimum operating depth; f. raising the heated vessel temperature to an operating temperature of at least 2000 degrees Centigrade; g. acquiring EPA category MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, HAZARDOUS WASTE and/or SPECIAL WASTE to load into the vessel; h. loading said waste into the vessel at a defined rate per hour; i. transforming the waste into molten material with the non-transferred torch by cutting and heating said waste; j. maintaining the molten material status of the waste by further melting any non-melted waste into a molten status with the transferred torch; k. determining BTU content and gas flow; l. injecting steam into the vessel; m. flowing gas from the vessel through the dry and wet scrubbers and into storage containers; and n. collecting the gas in the hydrogen storage vessel.