The process looks like a variant on poralysis in that the waste is heated to 700 deg C (1300 deg F) in a vacuum. The new feature appears to be spraying the heated waste onto a catalytic to covert it into a more useful hydrocarbon. Ray Russell, CEO at Environmental Fuel Development, Kelso, OR, USA, says licensees in Australia and New Zealand plan to construct a series of small plants, each requiring an investment of about USus2.5 million.
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