| 摘要 |
The invention described herein generally pertains to a process for reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents, said process including the steps of: feeding a sample of said organic-containing material into an infeed system, wherein the infeed system contains a non-flammable blanketing purge gas; transferring the material into at least one microwave applicator containing the purge gas in a pressurized state above local atmospheric pressure to insure that no air migrates into said microwave applicator which might cause a fire or explosion hazard; exposing the material in said microwave applicator to at least two sources of microwaves from at least a pair of divaricated waveguide assemblies for a period of time sufficient to volumetrically reduce said material into said constituents, a frequency of said microwaves between approximately 894 MHz and approximately 1000 MHz and without an external heat source. |
