Waste management system
A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.
1. An apparatus for waste management, comprising:
a boat having a bow that is able to expand to collect waste material from the surface and subsurface of a body of water,
a waste material dryer;
a freezer that is able to cool the waste material to a temperature at or below minus fifty degrees Celsius in one or more refrigeration chambers;
a pulverizer, that is able to maximize the ratio of the surface area to volume, and the ratio of surface area to mass, of particles of the waste material;
a pump at the top of one or more separation chambers that can separate plastic from heavier waste material at the bottom of the chamber by creating a vertical vacuum that pulls the plastic to the top of the one or more separation chambers, where it is able to be removed;
a reactor, in which the waste material is able to react with carbon oxide gas at a temperature at or above two hundred degrees Celsius.
2. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vessel has one or more nets that are able to be sunk into the body of water, and are able to be raised slowly to allow fish to escape through gaps along edges of the net, while capturing floating plastic.
3. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pulverizer has interacting screws that are able to pulverize the waste material.
4. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 2 , further comprising:
floatation devices for keeping edges of the nets at the surface of the body of water, with gaps between the floatation devices through which fish are able to swim.
5. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pulverizer has knife-edged screens with multiple horizontal knife-edges and multiple vertical knife-edges at right angles that are able to pulverize the waste material.
6. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pulverizer is able to generate sound waves that pulverize the waste material.
7. The apparatus for waste management according to claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more magnets that are able to separate metal from the waste material.