Interesting way to dump the black tank
I saw a motorhome a couple weeks ago, apparently from the 1970s/1980s, that had an interesting way to dispose of black tank contents. It had a thermister in the exhaust pipe, and would slowly spray c...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
As the last engineer on the Thermasan commercial program, I can assure you that while it does stink, (no more so than many diesels) what manages to get out the end of a tail pipe will not have any biological content. It cooks everything and the control systems made certain that the heat was available to do just that.
From the RV side, I never say any substantiated evidence of it plugging up a muffler, and yes, this was discontinued long before O2 sensors and catalysts were in RVs.
Matt
Darn. Call me crazy, but this would be a perfect system to have, especially for long trips where there is enough space where the system can operate effectively without offending anyone else. I would assert this is far more eco-friendly than what we have now.
Maybe the best system would be something that can get the heat high enough to do genuine thermal depolymerization, perhaps using the reclaimed oil in the process to help keep the reaction going. That way, if someone tosses plastic in the toilet, it gets turned into monomers and burned up, rather than cluttering up the environment.
