Intellectual Property & Technology Development

The intellectual property underpinning the GFR platform is held by Vapour Draw Systems Pty Ltd. The development program combines patent applications, practical reactor engineering and operational know-how.

CSET Technology

Australian Standard Patent Application No. 2026200930

A Combustion Support and Exhaust Treatment Module, System and Method

This application concerns the CSET module and associated systems for combustion support and exhaust treatment. Within the integrated GFR platform, CSET conditions extracted process gases and condensate for introduction into a host internal combustion engine, where recovered hydrocarbons provide supplemental fuel.

Reactor Technology

A Vacuum Pyrolysis System

A separate patent application concerns vacuum pyrolysis reactor technology and associated system architecture.

GFR’s current thermal consolidation trials focus on recovering solid material. 

Supporting Industrial Deployment

GFR’s proposed commercial model uses the technology to deliver long-term industrial waste-processing services, supported by equipment maintenance and technical development.

Commercial use of the intellectual property will be governed by the applicable ownership and licensing arrangements.

The applications listed here are presented as patent applications. Technical performance is assessed separately through engineering trials and independent testing.

• Gases and vapours released within the sealed reactor are drawn through the pre-combustion CSET module by the internal-combustion engine’s air intake.
• Within the pre-combustion CSET, condensable constituents are collected and the remaining gaseous vapour mixture is conditioned before entering the engine’s intake-air charge.
• The conditioned mixture may contain water vapour and combustible or combustion-supporting constituents that supplement combustion within the engine.
• The generator converts the engine’s mechanical output into electrical energy used to support the reactor process.
• Following combustion, the engine’s complete exhaust-gas stream is directed through the post-combustion CSET module.
• Within the post-combustion CSET, the exhaust stream is cooled and constituents are captured in condensate collected from the exhaust gas.
• After post-combustion treatment, the remaining gas stream may be either safely discharged, subject to verified emissions compliance, or returned to the engine’s intake-air charge for further treatment.

PFAS CHEMICAL TESTING 

PROPOSED PFAS MINERALISATION PATHWAY 

• The pre-combustion and post-combustion CSET modules operate together as an integrated gas-conditioning and treatment system.
• The pre-combustion CSET conditions reactor-derived gases and prepares a gaseous-vapour mixture in which PFAS-containing constituents are suspended or entrained with condensate-derived water vapour and steam.
• The prepared mixture is delivered to the combustion source, where it is exposed to the high-temperature combustion environment.
• Following combustion, the complete exhaust-gas stream passes through the post-combustion CSET.
• The post-combustion CSET cools and conditions the exhaust stream, collects condensate and captures remaining constituents.
• Treated gases may then be discharged or returned to the engine’s intake-air charge, where they pass through the combustion environment again.
• The process does not rely solely on combustion temperature or the short exposure time within an internal-combustion engine. It relies on the preparation, treatment and circulation of the PFAS-containing gaseous-vapour mixture through the pre-CSET, combustion source and post-CSET.
• PFAS mineralisation occurs within the combustion source, while both CSET modules perform essential preparation, conditioning, capture and circulation functions.
• Independent PFAS chemical testing confirmed mineralisation under the tested operating conditions.