ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,978, issued on Aug. 12.
"Apparatus and method for capturing renewable and non-renewable energy from biodegradable and non-biodegradable municipal waste" was invented by Henry Molintas (Olney, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provide a pyro gasifyer apparatus and method that may be used in a pyro-gasification system. According to an example embodiment, a loading unit may receive waste and a pyro gasifier unit may receive the waste and convert it into purified syngas through a two-stage process using exhaust gas and a gasifying agent. An engine may receive the purified syngas and generate the exhaust gas, such t...