ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,528, issued on March 25.
"Method of producing diesel from municipal solid waste and tire waste" was invented by Patrick E. Saty (Hudson, Fla.), John Ponchock (Stuart, Fla.), Michael James Lent (Odenton, Md.) and Gary Martin De Laurentiis (Tuguegarao, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing diesel from municipal solid waste (MSW and Tire Waste) without Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the method includes sorting waste feedstock into conforming waste capable of being converted into hydrogen-rich gas. The conforming waste is then conditioned into a specific recipe of moisture, cellulose, and/or hydrocarbons, resultin...