Patent ID: 6948436

Claim:
An apparatus for converting organic waste fuel into usable energy comprising: a organic waste fuel loading area for loading organic waste fuel onto a moving grate that moves the organic waste fuel product through the apparatus from the organic waste fuel loading area to an unloading area; a level control device for controlling the amount of organic waste fuel that moves from the loading area to the moving grate; a perforated stationary plate located beneath the moving grate with the organic waste fuel thereon that allows air to pass through perforations to the organic waste fuel on the moving grate; at least one controlled combustion air zone that directs air with a substantially controlled temperature through the stationary plate to the organic waste fuel on the moving grate; at least one nozzle that directs air above the organic waste fuel on the moving grate; an ignition source that reacts with the organic waste fuel on the moving grate and the air to combust the organic waste fuel and create at least one organic waste fuel-byproduct; and an organic waste fuel-byproduct loading area for loading organic waste fuel-byproduct onto the moving grate between the organic waste fuel on the moving grate and the moving grate, wherein the organic waste fuel-byproduct between the organic waste fuel on the moving grate and the moving grate is about 1-2 inches thick.