Abstract: A process for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into a medium BTU gas is disclosed. The CO2 gas may be injected into a reactor alone or simultaneously with a hydrocarbon gas and converted into a gas product suitable for further processing. The conversion process may include molten layers of iron and reactive slag in an upwardly flowing reactor operated under oxygen lean conditions.

Abstract: Described herein is an Improved Converter System designed to help reduce air, land and water pollution by completely converting materials that presently cause pollution into clean burning fuels and a host of other products beneficial to mankind. The primary conversion unit in the system is a zone controlled multipurpose slagging-ash oxygen jet blast converter. All incoming materials are passed through this process computer aided talented offspring of its two ancient prototypes the blast furnace and slagging-ash gas producers and the zone controlled blast furnaces described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,381,938, 4,495,054, 3,928,023 and 3,814,404. It employs two sets of tuyeres located in the bosh to input endothermic reacting gases, vapors and dusts through tuyere sets T1 and T2. A 100% oxygen jet blast is also input through tuyere set T2.

Abstract: A process for atomically converting gaseous waste materials into nonhazardous forms and a medium BTU gas is described. The reactor includes molten layers of iron and reactive slag in an upwardly flowing reactor operated under oxygen lean conditions.