Does not require moisture removal unlike other thermal treatment.
The moisture content of MSW can be used as heating medium to decompose MSW.
In this experiment, two saturated streams were examined: 233.9˚C and 3 MPa (LT) and 295˚C and 8 MPa (HT).
more than 85% of carbon in raw material was recovered as char, condensed liquid, and gas.
more than 80% of the recovered carbon was in the char regardless of LT and HT conditions.
Variation in yield and composition of char depending on temperature and holding time