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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Rick M Rauenzahn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Christopher J Nagel, Wayland, MA (US);
Molten Metal Technology, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for injecting vaporizable material, such as a vaporizable waste, into a molten bath. A gas is injected into the molten bath at a rate which is sufficient to cause the gas and the molten bath to form a gaseous dispersion. The gas component of the gaseous dispersion occupies a sufficient fraction of said dispersion to cause a significant portion of the vaporizable material, at a rate at which the vaporizable material is injected into the molten bath, to volatilize, combust or decompose during exposure to said gas component. A vaporizable material, such as a particulate solid or hazardous liquid waste, is injected into the gaseous dispersion at a rate which cases a significant portion of the vaporizable material to volatilize, combust or decompose during exposure of said vaporizable material to the gas component of said gaseous dispersion.