Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Alan Donald Anderson

Francis Peter Petrocelli

John J Lewnard

Tsun-Chiu Robert Tsao

Frank Stephen Winger

Michael Bryant

A method and apparatus are described for supplying municipal solid waste (MSW), and/or other types of solid waste comprising both organic waste material and inorganic waste material, into a plasma gasifier reactor (PGR) in which the solid waste is to be processed.

Method and apparatus for feeding municipal solid waste to a plasma gasifier reactor

A process is set forth for directly controlling the quantity and particle size distribution of the solid inventory inside a circulating fluidized bed combustor. A portion of the bed ash is withdrawn from the combustor as bottom ash. The particle size distribution of the stream is adjusted, such as by a hammermill, to a specified distribution. Finally, a portion of the adjusted ash is re-injected into the combustor. The process may be facilitated by size classifying the bottom ash prior to size reduction.

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Baytown, TX, United States of America

Alan Donald Anderson