ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,077, issued on May 13.
"DC plasma electric arc furnace for processing solid waste, method of processing solid waste, and products formed from DC plasma electric arc furnace" was invented by Alain Palmieri (Keene, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC plasma arc furnace, a method of co-processing waste and metal, a method of producing energy by processing material using the furnace, and the products produced by the furnace are provided. Metal may be efficiently processed by the furnace via an increased organic content in other feedstock fed into the furnace."
The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/533,694....