Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus in the form of a rotary thermolysis reactor and a method for operating the reactor for the thermal decomposition of by-products and waste. The reactor includes a tubular outer jacket with covers closing its ends, an interior chamber, a shaft mounted centrally in the covers, feed devices and discharge devices which are placed at the start and the end of the shaft, respectively, inside an interior chamber, wherein helical coil runners are fixed to the shaft and gasification agents are applied to the material being thermolyzed, via gasification shafts in the lower section of the tubular outer jacket.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device in the form of a 3-zone gasifier and to a method for operating such a gasifier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device in the form of a 3-zone gasifier and to a method for operating such a gasifier. It is the object of the invention to provide a device which initiates a longer dwell time and enhanced performance of the gasification process, prevents process-induced clogging, displacements and congestion of the gasifier, organises an intensification of the convective heat transfer into the carbon particles, ensures stabilisation of the gasification process as well as a differentiated and higher process and temperature stability and produces a nearly tar- and dust-free raw gas.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus in the form of a rotary thermolysis reactor and a method for operating the reactor for the thermal decomposition of by-products and waste. The reactor includes a tubular outer jacket with covers closing its ends, an interior chamber, a shaft mounted centrally in the covers, feed devices and discharge devices which are placed at the start and the end of the shaft, respectively, inside an interior chamber, wherein helical coil runners are fixed to the shaft and gasification agents are applied to the material being thermolyzed, via gasification shafts in the lower section of the tubular outer jacket.

Abstract: Method and apparatus used in the field of waste management for utilizing recoverable waste products as efficiently as possible. The invention reduces the environmental impact of such a method to a minimum. The recoverable waste products and non-recoverable waste products are fed into one end of a substantially horizontally fixed container as material, and are transported in a continuous or discontinuous manner to another end of the container, 60–80% of energy input being carried out on the material in an area of a first quarter of the container, and a remaining 20–40% of energy input being transferred to the material in other areas of the container.

Abstract: Method and apparatus used in the field of waste management, especially a method and a device for treating recoverable waste products that have already partially decomposed. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device which makes it possible to further decompose, if possible completely, and recover the residual products that remain once the waste products are degassed. According to the inventive method, air and waste gases are introduced separately from the bottom into the chamber and pressure is applied. The air is introduced into the chamber in a substantially axial orientation and waste gases in a substantially tangential or radial orientation. The invention further provides a device the funnel-shaped bottom of which is provided with openings for air and waste gases to enter. The air is introduced into the reactor chamber from the bottom in a substantially axial orientation and the waste gases in a substantially tangential or radial orientation.