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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
John Lee Horning, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Nigel W. Moriarty, Lafayette, CA (US);
Jan H. Matthias, West Hollywood, CA (US);
John Stuart Lehde, Yamhill, OR (US);
John Lee Horning, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Nigel W. Moriarty, Lafayette, CA (US);
Jan H. Matthias, West Hollywood, CA (US);
John Stuart Lehde, Yamhill, OR (US);
Green Technology LLC, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for extracting recoverable materials (e.g., petroleum and/or other hydrocarbons) from source materials (e.g., tar sands) are provided. According to one embodiment a method is provided for extracting bitumen from tar sand. Tar sands are introduced into a batch or continuous processing plasma furnace. The bitumen contained within the tar sand is then vaporized by exposing the tar sands to a plasma energy field that penetrates the tar sands. The vaporized bitumen is captured for subsequent processing.
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