Patent ID: 8747500

Claim:
A plasma assisted gasification reaction chamber, comprising: a reactor vessel having at least one fuel inlet, a pyrolysis reaction zone, a combustion reaction zone, a carbon layer support, and a syngas collection chamber, wherein the pyrolysis reaction zone is positioned upstream of the combustion reaction zone and includes at least one plasma torch, the combustion reaction zone is positioned upstream of carbon layer support, and the carbon layer support is positioned upstream of the syngas collection chamber; wherein the pyrolysis reaction zone is positioned between an inner surface of the reactor vessel and an outer surface of a conduit forming a fuel inlet, wherein the combustion reaction zone is defined by at least one rotatable burner on an upstream side of the combustion reaction zone, wherein the rotatable burner is configured to rotate within the reactor vessel to reduce the formation of burn channels in fuel held in the reactor vessel, and further comprising an ash collection zone positioned downstream from the carbon layer support; and a syngas heater with an inlet in fluid communication with the syngas collection chamber, wherein the syngas heater is positioned in the pyrolysis reaction zone such that heat from the pyrolysis reaction zone heats syngas flowing through the syngas heater.