Universal Materials Recovery System

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The UMRS is a system for recycling or reclaiming any material, natural or man made. The UMRS first uses extreme heat to break down these materials to the elements from which they were made, then separates them, allowing the purified elementary matter to be reused in any agricultural, chemical or industrial application.

Any material- biological hazards, toxic waste, raw sewage, garbage, industrial pollutants - even greenhouse gases from the Earth's atmosphere - can be processed through the UMRS, and thus be reduced to reusable, pure elements. The UMRS is the ultimate recycling program, infinitely reusing the precious resources provided by the Earth and any other planet humanity may someday call home.

The upper stage of the UMRS heats the input material beyond the point of vaporization, into a charged plasmic state. This plasma is then injected into the main body. The main body contains multiple compartments which protrude perpendicularly from a central injection chamber. Outside of the mouths of these chambers are microwave emitters that keep the material in the chambers at temperatures in excess of 10,000 degrees. The chambers connect at their ends forming a large circular structure much like a bicycle tire with large hollow spokes. Further, these chambers have cooling vanes to bleed off any heat transferred to the UMRS structure from the plasma. These vanes run the length of the chambers, from the rim to the hub, extending above and below to the top and bottom of the central body. The vanes curve and are shaped to maximize the flow of coolant over the vanes’ surfaces as the whole of the central body will act as an active impeller for the coolant system as the UMRS spins. The chambers consist of a hollow tube lined with electromagnets which produce a magnetic field strong enough to keep the superheated plasma from contacting the inner surface. The UMRS is a large scale centrifuge where the high-G environment allows the heterogeneous plasma to stratify into layers based on the atomic weight of the elements that are present. At the outer end of the chambers is a magnetic pinch assembly that acts as a valve and uses x-ray emitters and detectors to determine what species of elementary matter is moving through the pinch. This allows the UMRS to direct the flow of output material between collection vessels based on the type of elements detected with each having its own collection vessel.

The UMRS is a sustainable technology, as it is able to recycle all of its own worn parts or exhausted coolant. Much of the energy put into the system can be recovered by using the waste heat to generate electricity. Additionally, low value, high volume output material such as hydrogen and oxygen can be run through fuel cells to produce additional electricity. Any additional energy requirements can be met through the use of renewable energy generation.

UMRS is the ultimate recycling program and friend to the environment. Saving out environment means saving ourselves!

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  • ABOUT THE ENTRANT

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    Angie Bodine
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