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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Estech Usa, Llc, Canal Winchester, OH (US);
Jan K. Michalek, Pataskala, OH (US);
Theodore J. Thomas, Columbus, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention includes an apparatus, system, waste treatment facility and method of autoclave loading and treatment that involves (a) receiving solid waste at a solid waste treatment facility; (b) compressing the waste into a plurality of compressed bales, the compressed bales bound by a binding material adapted to melt at a temperature at which an autoclave operates or otherwise break upon the operation of the autoclave; (c) loading the compressed bales into an autoclave; and (d) operating the autoclave so as to melt or break the binding material to allow the compressed bales of solid waste to be decompressed and treated in the autoclave.