초록

Disk screens having various interface opening dimensions are combined with air classifiers and other refuse separating components to separate municipal and industrial refuse into a fuel fraction and other recyclable resource fractions, each having a low percentage of unwanted materials therein.

대표청구항 ▼

In a refuse processing apparatus, means for shredding the refuse into pieces; a first disk screen for separating the shredded refuse into underflow and overflow, the overflow consisting of scalped-out oversize pieces of refuse which are larger than a predetermined maximum size and the underflow cons

In a refuse processing apparatus, means for shredding the refuse into pieces; a first disk screen for separating the shredded refuse into underflow and overflow, the overflow consisting of scalped-out oversize pieces of refuse which are larger than a predetermined maximum size and the underflow consisting of the remainder; means for re-shredding the overflow from the first disk screen into pieces which are predominantly smaller than the predetermined maximum size; a second disk screen for separating the underflow from the first disk screen into underflow and overflow, the underflow consisting primarily of ground glass and other fine material; and means for combining the re-shredded overflow from the first disk screen with the overflow from the second disk screen.