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 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 system for processing rubber material, the system including a rubber material receiver for accepting the rubber material; a pre-heating unit adapted for the rubber material passing through comprising a plurality of heating elements that heat the rubber material to between 100 to 350 C in an oxygen depleted atmosphere; a microwave unit adapted for receiving the pre-heated rubber material comprising microwave magnetrons, which radiate the pre-heated rubber material 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%; a cooling conveyor that receives processed rubber material from the microwave unit and cools the material in an oxygen depleted environment; and one or more conveyors for transporting the rubber material from the rubber material receiver into and through the pre-heating unit and into and through the microwave unit to the cooling conveyor.

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 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: There is provided an apparatus (2) for the reduction of organic waste (4) in which the apparatus (2) comprises a conveyor (32, 40, 128) to move the waste (4) within the apparatus (2). There is also provided a first chamber (10) comprising weighing means to determine a weight of the waste and purging means to purge the apparatus of oxygen. A second chamber (12) comprises reduction means to treat, sterilize and reduce the waste for a first period of time and a third chamber comprises cooling means to cool the reduced and sterilized waste for a second period of time. There is also provided sealing means (18, 34, 36) to seal each of the first (10), second (12) and third (14) chambers from the other chambers and from exterior of the apparatus when in use.