Patent ID: 7832344

Claim:
A method of treating waste, comprising: connecting a plurality of plasma torches to a vessel that facilitates a cyclonic flow of a synthesis gas within the vessel; introducing organic waste into the vessel through a solid waste feed opening; introducing solvent waste into the vessel through a plurality of nozzles; gasifying the organic waste and the solvent waste through the use of the plurality plasma torches; dissociating molecules of the gasified organic waste and the solvent waste; reforming the dissociated molecules of the gasified organic waste and the solvent waste into the synthesis gas comprising elemental components and hydrogen gas; where the plurality of plasma torches are oriented to enhance the cyclonic flow of the synthesis gas within a generally cylindrical upper section of the vessel, and where one of the plurality of plasma torches is positioned with a plasma plume toward the solid waste feed opening, and a second of the plurality of plasma torches is positioned with its plasma plume at a downward angle toward one of the plurality of nozzles of the solvent feed system.