APPARATUS FOR DISSOCIATING BULK WASTE IN A MOLTEN METAL BATH

摘要

A reactor (12) includes a bulk waste inlet (20) and a gas outlet (28). A baffle (32) within the reactor (12) has a lower edge (34) which can be immersed by a molten metal bath (56) within the reactor (12). The baffle (32) partitions gaseous volume above the molten metal bath (56) into a first region (58), proximate to the bulk waste inlet (20), and a second region (60), proximate to the gas outlet (28). A gas conduit (42) extends from the first region (58) to a portion of the reactor (12) beneath the second region (60). Gas is directed from the first region (58) through the gas conduit (42) to a portion of the molten metal bath beneath (56) the second region (60). The gas pressure is thereby equalized above the molten metal bath (56) in the first (58) and second regions (60) during dissociation of bulk waste directed into the first region (58).