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<br />Figure 3., <br /> <br />''-., <br /> <br />The Standatd ConsumatModule <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />E....... ....-.-. <br />r <br /> <br />'" <br />r <br />" <br />>! <br />;',. <br />. <br />, <br /> <br />~. <br />~'. <br />~ <br />i~ <br />~ <br />t <br />!. <br />f <br />I <br />~. <br />,. <br />i <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The above cutawayview of the stand- <br />ard CONSUMA1". energy-from-waste <br />module shows how material and hot <br />gas flows are controlled to provide <br />steam from solid waste. A skid steer <br />tractor (1) pushes the waste to the <br />automatic loader (2). Theloaderthen <br />automatically injects the waste into <br />the gas production chamber (3) <br />where transfer rams (4) move the <br />material slowly through the system. <br />The high temperature environment <br /> <br />.~ <br />~~-Ii <br />... <br /> <br />, - .~. <br />. ~ .~'";~ <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />in the gas production chamber is <br />provided with a controlled quantity <br />of air so that gases from the process <br />are not burned in this chamber but <br />fed to the upper or pollution control <br />chamber (5). Here the gases are mixed <br />with air and controlled to maintain a <br />proper air fuel ratio and temperature <br />for entrance into the heat exchanger <br />(6) where steam is produced. A steam <br />separator (7) is provided to ensure <br />high quality stearn. In normal opera- <br /> <br />Consumat Systems, Inc. <br />P.O, BOX 9379' RICHMOND. VIRGINIA 23227 <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />,.f;" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />tion gases are discharged through <br />the enerw stack (8). When steam is <br />not reqwred orin theeventofapower <br />failure. hot gases are vented through <br />the dump stack (9). The inert mate- <br />rial from the combustion process is <br />ejected from the machine in the fonn <br />of ash into the wet sump (10) and <br />conveyecI (11) into a closed bottom <br />container (12) which can then be <br />hauled to the landfill for fmal <br />disposal. <br /> <br />. <br />