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Title: Waste remediation

Abstract

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:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1339638
Patent Number(s):
9545458
Application Number:
14/947,656
Assignee:
Willam Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09B - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Nov 20
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, and Neumann, Oara. Waste remediation. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, & Neumann, Oara. Waste remediation. United States.
Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, and Neumann, Oara. Tue . "Waste remediation". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339638.
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