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Proposal: Development of a Laboratory-Scale Furnace to Demonstrate the Feasibility of the Patented TCM-MSW Process
To validate the patented Thermochemical Method for processing Municipal Solid Waste (US Patent 8,197,565), we propose building a compact laboratory-scale furnace. This small-scale system would simulate the high-temperature and high-pressure conditions of the full-scale TCM-MSW process. The purpose is to demonstrate the method’s technical viability and potential for generating zero-carbon fuel, electricity, and valuable solid byproducts.
While the full TCM-MSW system would require approximately $50 million to implement, and a scaled-down pilot plant could be built for around $17 million by modifying a commercial blast furnace, both options present significant investment hurdles without first proving the technology's feasibility. The proposed laboratory model, costing around $1 million, offers a much more affordable and practical solution to de-risk the technology and attract further investment.
What is a SSF?
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The designed small-scale furnace (SSF) is a vertical shaft-type reactor that operates without access to air out of atmosphere and using hot blast. Allothermal heating of the reaction’s limited space occurs due to superheated water vapor. Our important tasks:
· Creation of high temperature vapor blast is a most difficult part of the TCM technology. It does not have yet a final engineering solution for our SSF and many other thermochemical technologies
· Exhaust gas analysis for different operating modes in order to optimize the composition of syngas to a high-quality fuel.
· Ability to monitor the conditions of all working parts of the unit.
· Choice of heat-resistant materials for the SSF construction.
· Comparisons of different methods of heating, different design and technological solutions for creating the required high temperature process.
We have solution for the problems mentioned.
The know-how is a proprietary property and is under patent now.
The SSF drawing lacks 50% of its final design information