Patent ID: 7563345

Claim:
A system for the conversion of organic waste, essentially free of halogenated synthetic resinous material, into reusable hydrocarbons, the system comprising: a feeding mechanism to feed the organic waste into a catalytic reactor having a vat containing a bath having a majority by weight of molten lead therein at a temperature of 400° C. to 600° C., the catalytic reactor having a substantially oxygen-free environment; a transporting mechanism to bathe and move the waste along the bath to a residue discharge end of the catalytic reactor; the waste fed to the catalytic reactor containing a catalyst mixture therein comprising a majority by weight of aluminum oxide particles having an equivalent diameter of less than 2 mm and a minor amount by weight of essentially pure aluminum powder having an equivalent diameter of less than 0.1 mm, the amount of the catalysts being 20% or less by weight based upon the total waste feed weight; the catalyst capable of converting the waste feed into hydrocarbon vapors in the presence of said lead bath; and a vapor recovery system operatively connected to said catalytic reactor for recovering the hydrocarbon vapors.