Patent ID: 8425637

Claim:
A system for processing waste material, comprising: a means for reducing overall dimensions of a quantity of waste material; a temporary storage receptacle; a purging chamber in fluid communication with the temporary storage receptacle comprising at least one purging valve, wherein the purging chamber is flanked at both ends by closure valves; a conveyor/heat exchanger assembly in fluid communication with the purging chamber, wherein the conveyor/heat exchanger is linearly elongated and comprises: an inner bore, wherein the inner bore comprises a means for conveyance of the waste material, and an outer bore; a conversion chamber in fluid communication with both the inner and outer bores of the conveyor/heat exchanger assembly, comprising: a jacket of refractory material, at least one H—H—O gas torch, and at least one valve for removal of solids from the conversion chamber; and a gas storage container in fluid communication with the outer bore of the conveyor/heat exchanger assembly.