Waste remediation

Title: Waste remediation

A system including a steam generation system and a chamber. The steam generation system includes a complex and the steam generation system is configured to receive water, concentrate electromagnetic (EM) radiation received from an EM radiation source, apply the EM radiation to the complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, and transform, using the heat generated by the complex, the water to steam. The chamber is configured to receive the steam and an object, wherein the object is of medical waste, medical equipment, fabric, and fecal matter.

Inventors:: Halas, Nancy J.; Nordlander, Peter; Neumann, Oara

Issue Date:: 2015-12-29

OSTI Identifier:: 1234225

Assignee:: William Marsh Rice University LANL

Patent Number(s):: 9,222,665

Application Number:: 13/326,482

Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Dec 15

Research Org:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY

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