Abstract: A system for processing rubber material pre-heats the material and then applies microwave energy to process the system The system comprising a rubber material receiver for accepting the rubber material which passes the material to a pre-heating unit adapted for the rubber material passing through comprising a plurality of heating elements that heat the rubber material to between about 100 to about 350 C in an oxygen depleted atmosphere. Once pre-heated, the material is conveyed to a microwave unit adapted for receiving the pre-heated rubber material comprising microwave magnetrons, which radiate the pre-heated rubber material and external heat sources in an oxygen depleted environment until the pre-heated rubber is substantially reduced to a carbonaceous material having a volatile content of below 5% and more preferably below 2%.

Abstract: A controllable, continuous-feed system and process for the reduction or depolymerization of organic materials using microwave energy in a reducing, substantially oxygen-reduced atmosphere. The microwave energy is generated by a plurality of magnetrons in a microwave tunnel. Gaseous products may be extracted from the microwave tunnel for recycling and/or analysis. A collector such as a liquid trap may be used to separately collect floating and sinking constituents of the solid products while preventing the escape of the reducing atmosphere from the system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber for cooling reduced and sterilized waste.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for sterilizing and/or dehydrating organic materials. The apparatus comprises a microwave chamber, at least one microwave generator for irradiating material within the drum, and a vacuum system coupled to the microwave chamber to evacuate the microwave chamber to a desired pressure below atmospheric pressure. In one embodiment the microwave chamber contains a microwave-permeable rotatable drum having an access opening and a helical vane disposed along an inner wall of the drum, the vane being oriented so that when the drum is rotating in a loading direction the material is tossed and driven away from the access opening, and upon a reversal of the rotation of the drum to an unloading direction, the material is driven toward the access opening to be discharged from the drum.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system that utilizes microwave heating to sterilize contaminated effluent. The system sterilizes the contaminated effluent by heating it to a minimum temperature for a minimum duration under pressure, and then discharging it to a sanitary drain as sterilized effluent. The process maximizes energy efficiency by using a heat exchanger to raise the temperature of the contaminated effluent with heat drawn from the sterilized effluent of the previous batch. All solids and particles originally present in the contaminated effluent pass through the system and are discharged as part of the sterilized effluent.