Patent 7740672 was granted and assigned to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and apparatus for efficiently forming a gaseous material from a solid starting material. The produced gaseous material includes a CGE HHV having a high percentage of an original HHV of the starting material. The gaseous product may be used to form a plurality of materials for various purposes.