PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND BIOMASS MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREBY

摘要

A process for the production of a range of improved biomass material products suitable for use as a fuel and which have been derived from municipal solid waste (MSW). The process comprises the steps of delivering a stream of mixed, MSW derived biomass material (2) into a separator (12) which operates under negative pressure enabling the biomass material (1) to fall down the separator (12) whilst inducing a sole air stream (78) through the falling material to create a vortex (75) of spinning material within the turbo chamber to separate out by centrifugal action selected denser components (5) of the biomass material (1) enabling such to continue falling to an outlet for collection whilst redirecting by entrainment in the air stream (78) the remaining biomass material (7, 9) to a second outlet (86) for subsequent processing or for collection.