The invention relates to apparatus and a method for performing pyrolysis of a material by electromagnetic travelling wave transmission such as a microwave transmission to process material, such as plastics material or biomass material and allow components of the material to be separated collected and provided for subsequent uses, thereby providing and environmentally friendly processing of waste material. The material may be pre-processed by drying and/or forming prior to placing the same into a chamber with a susceptor material to and into which the electromagnetic waves are introduced to create an interface between the susceptor material and material to be processed and at which pyrolysis occurs, with the interface progressing through the said material and processing the same.
C10B 19/00 - Heating of coke ovens by electrical means
C10B 53/02 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of cellulose-containing material
C10B 53/07 - Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of synthetic polymeric materials, e.g. tyres
C10G 1/10 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal from rubber or rubber waste
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Apparatus and method for use in casting of metals and/or metal alloys
An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an item in a mould using a casting process, typically a counter gravity casting system. Heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination. The transfer assembly includes apparatus and method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. This apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput system, along with high quality cast items.
The invention relates to apparatus and a method for the forming of an item in a mould using a casting process and typically a counter gravity casting system. A heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination and the transfer assembly includes apparatus and a method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/ or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. The apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput, system whilst providing high quality cast items.
The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method for use in the screening of a target area of the body tissue of a person in order to identify one or more characteristics of the condition of the patient in order to allow, if required, further actions to be taken to deal with or ameliorate the possible effect of any condition which may be detected. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a plurality of antennas provided in a predefined configuration to form an antenna sensing array, said sensing array positionable so as to be directed to the target area of tissue of the patient, and conversion means which allow the data received from the antenna in the sensing array to be processed and combined to provide a representative mapping of the said target area of tissue, and indicating any detected differentials in at least one predefined parameter of the said target area of tissue.
The invention relates to apparatus and a method for use in the heating and/or cooking of a foodstuff and which is particularly of use when incorporated as part of a vending apparatus so as to allow a consumer selected foodstuff to be quickly and efficiently heated and/ or cooked to the required condition without the need for direct consumer intervention. The apparatus utilises microwave energy generated from one or magnetrons into a chamber in which the foodstuff and the chamber is configured to optimise the cooking and/ or heating effect on the foodstuff.
The invention relates to apparatus for use in the passage therethrough of data from a plurality of data streams such as those transmitted by satellite. The apparatus includes a set of n input ports and a set of n output ports and channels which connect said input and output ports. Each of the ports in one of the said sets of ports provides data for one of the said data streams and the said channels are configured and joined such that each of the ports in the other of the set of ports provides data for all of the said data streams. The said channels are joined intermediate the respective input and output ports by at least one hybrid coupler in a first plane and at least one hybrid coupler in a second plane so as to minimise the size and weight of the apparatus whilst ensuring the data transfer is achieved.
The invention relates to apparatus and a method for the forming of anitemina mould using a casting process and typically a counter gravity casting system. A heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination and the transfer assembly includes apparatus and a method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/ or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. The apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput, system whilst providing high quality cast items.
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