摘要 |
A sanitary waste disposal unit (1) including a sealable destruction chamber (11), a vacuum pump (23), a source of heat (15) and means (29) for the controlled introduction of air into the chamber (11). In use the waste is introduced on the chamber (11) which is then evacuated to remove substantially all the oxygen, and heated to sterilise the waste material to approximately 300-500 DEG C. The chamber (11) is then cooled to approximately 150 DEG C, a temperate sufficiently high enough to allow combustion of the waste material, which has been partially carbonised. A limited quantity of air is introduced into the chamber allowing combustion of the waste material and the combustion products are removed from the chamber.
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