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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
May. 06, 2024
United States Government, As Represented BY the Administrator of the U.s. Epa, Washington, DC (US);
Andrew Richard Whitehill, Durham, NC (US);
Eben Daniel Thoma, Cary, NC (US);
Paul Lemieux, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Higuchi, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Chelsea Berg, Durham, NC (US);
Brian K. Gullett, Durham, NC (US);
Erin Shields, Cary, NC (US);
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. EPA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and systems are provided for processing PFAS-contaminated waste via thermomechanochemical (TMC) processing. In one example, a system may include a TMC processing chamber including a milling system and coupled to a heating system, the heating system configured to co-operate with the milling system to process the waste material. A plurality of containers including the waste material in one or more of a liquid-solid state, a semi-wet or slurry solid state, and a dry solid state are coupled to the TMC chamber.