Patent ID: 8728416

Claim:
Apparatus for thermal processing of slurry, comprising: a first reservoir for accepting slurry; a second reservoir for accepting bio-mass; a mixing area receiving slurry from the first reservoir and bio-mass from the second reservoir for combining slurry and bio-mass to produce a mixture; a receiving tank, receiving the mixture from the mixing area, for heating the mixture to a cracking temperature to thereby trigger a cracking reaction; a mixer pump disposed downstream of the receiving tank and receiving liquefied mixture from the receiving tank for continually subjecting the liquefied mixture to the cracking reaction; an intermediate tank; an outgasing device accommodated in the intermediate tank; a distillation column disposed downstream of the intermediate tank; a feed line fluidly connecting the mixer pump to the outgasing device; a return line fluidly connecting the intermediate tank and the receiving tank for returning a non-outgased fraction of the mixture; and a condenser fluidly connected to a top of the distillation column for cooling an outgased vaporized fraction of the mixture to thereby produce fuel, said condenser having an outlet for discharge of the fuel.