IMPROVEMENTS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING

摘要

According to this invention there is provided a method of processing material such as organically coated waste and organic materials in cluding biomass, industrial waste, municipal solid waste and sludge, the method comprising: attaching a material container cartridge (12) containing material to be processed to a processing chamber (14); heating the material in a reduced oxygen atmosphere in the processing chamber (14) to produce gas; channelling the gas from the pro cessing chamber (14) to a treatment chamber (20) in which they are heated to destroy any VOC's therein; recirculating gas from the treat ment chamber (20) back into the processing chamber (14); and in a first mode of operation modifying the moisture content of the gas re circulating from the treatment chamber (20) to the processing chamber (14) by passing it through a second material container cartridge (28, 30) containing material (50) to be processed.