US 11,972,502 B2
Techniques for locating and operating gasification plant having predominately scrap tire rubber as feedstock
Jerome N. Block, East Brunswick, NJ (US); Ulf Hansson, Pennington, NJ (US); and Nicholas Z. Hegedus, Pennington, NJ (US)
Assigned to GREENTIRE ENERGY LLC, Pennington, NJ (US)
Filed by GREENTIRE ENERGY LLC, Pennington, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/241,701.
Application 16/241,701 is a continuation of application No. 12/511,302, filed on Jul. 29, 2009, granted, now 10,332,226.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/088,384, filed on Aug. 13, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2019/0378234 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 90/00 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 90/00 (2013.01) [G06Q 99/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for locating and operating a gasification plant employing predominately tire-derived fuel as a feedstock, said method comprising the steps of:
identifying a parcel of land on which to site said plant, said parcel of land being located such that at least about 3,500,000 scrap tires per year are available for substantially regular and substantially continuous delivery to said plant, at a predetermined adequate tipping fee;
locating said plant on said parcel of land;
operating said plant on said parcel of land by:
shredding at least a portion of said 3,500,000 scrap tires into pellets; and
gasifying said pellets to produce synthesis gas;
selling at least one of said synthesis gas, electricity produced by combusting said synthesis gas, and steam produced by combusting said synthesis gas;
wherein said identifying step comprises the sub-steps of:
generating a visual representation of a geographic region of interest, wherein said visual representation includes at least one window adjacent at least one tire supplier location;
superimposing over said visual representation at least one criteria object, comprising at least one of a criteria object point, a criteria object line, and a criteria object area; and
identifying said parcel as lying within said at least one window and proximate said at least one criteria object; and
wherein locating said plant includes facilitating building said gasification plant on said identified parcel of land.