US 12,384,710 B2
Thermomechanochemical waste treatment
Andrew Richard Whitehill, Durham, NC (US); Eben Daniel Thoma, Cary, NC (US); Paul Lemieux, Cary, NC (US); Mark Higuchi, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Chelsea Berg, Durham, NC (US); Brian K. Gullett, Durham, NC (US); and Erin Shields, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. EPA, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by United States Government, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. EPA, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/656,518.
Application 18/656,518 is a division of application No. 17/449,439, filed on Sep. 29, 2021, granted, now 12,006,238.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294413 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. C02F 11/18 (2006.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C02F 11/00 (2006.01); C02F 11/13 (2019.01); C02F 101/36 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 11/18 (2013.01) [B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C02F 11/004 (2013.01); C02F 11/13 (2019.01); C02F 2101/36 (2013.01); C02F 2303/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for treatment of waste material, comprising:
a thermomechanochemical (TMC) chamber including a milling system;
a heating system coupled to the TMC chamber, the heating system configured to co-operate with the milling system to process the waste material;
a plurality of containers coupled to the TMC chamber at a first end of the TMC chamber, the plurality of containers including the waste material in one or more of a liquid-solid state, a semi-wet or slurry solid state, and a dry solid state; and
a controller including instructions stored in a non-transitory memory that cause the controller to:
set a temperature of the heating system in a range of 160° F. to 650° F. for a duration of 6 hours; and
operate the milling system at a milling speed in a range of 10 revolutions per minute to 30 revolutions per minute.