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Title: Waste remediation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1339638

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.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
Willam Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
9,545,458
Application Number:
14/947,656
OSTI ID:
1339638
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Nov 20
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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