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US 10,246,380 B2Granted
Solid waste treatment method
AssigneeB.A.M.2 Waste Water Consulting, Ptr.
InventorsBuford H. D. Summers, III, Sidney Lattimore, Jr.
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Abstract
A solid waste treatment method includes the steps of: degradation and sterilization via chlorination of the solid waste, stabilization of the solid waste and regeneration of biomass to reduce or eliminate solid waste. The solid waste treatment method may be utilized in agricultural, industrial or municipal settings.
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A solid waste treatment method consisting of the steps of:
- a. chlorinating solid waste having a first biological oxygen demand to produce degraded and sterilized solid waste and residual solid waste;
- b. measuring the residual solid waste for chlorine residuals, and if residual chlorine is:
- i) present, dechlorinating the residual solid waste to produce dechlorinated residual solid waste;
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- ii) not present, determining that the residual solid waste is dechlorinated residual solid waste;
- c. adding a flocculating composition to the dechlorinated residual solid waste to solubilize the dechlorinated residual solid waste;
- d. inoculating the dechlorinated residual solid waste with bacteria, selected from the group of aerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria and combinations thereof, wherein the bacteria biodegrade the dechlorinated residual solid waste.
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A solid waste treatment method consisting of the steps of:
- a. at least partially degrading and at least partially sterilizing the solid waste by adding chlorine to the solid waste to create residual solid waste;
- b. neutralizing the residual solid waste by adding a flocculating composition to the residual solid waste;
- c. inoculating the neutralized residual solid waste with bacteria selected from the group of aerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria and combinations thereof;
- d. biodegrading the neutralized residual waste with the bacteria;
- e. agitation of the waste in steps a through d;
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- f. dechlorinating the residual solid waste.
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A method of solid waste treatment, wherein the solid waste as has a first BOD, the method consisting essentially of the steps of:
- a. partially degrading and at least partially sterilizing the solid waste by adding chlorine to the solid waste to create residual solid waste;
- b. adding a flocculating composition to the residual solid waste;
- c. neutralizing the pH of the residual solid waste;
- d. inoculating the residual solid waste with bacteria selected from the group of aerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria and combinations thereof;
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- e. biodegrading the neutralized residual waste with the bacteria to produce water having a second BOD that is at least 50% less than the first BOD.
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