Biofuel product with fat, oil and/or grease components
AssigneeMartin F. McCarthy
InventorMartin Franklin McCarthy
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Abstract
A biofuel product having constituents selected from the group including fat, oil and/or grease components. A container is formed of a biodegradable material having a multiplicity of openings of a size and shape adapted for allowing the fat, oil and/or grease components to pass through the openings to an interior area of the container. An absorbent capture material is positioned in the container and holds a quantity of the fat, oil and/or grease. The container, capture material and fat, oil and/or grease collectively include the biofuel product.
Claims18
A biofuel product having at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of fat, oil and/or grease components, and comprising:
- (a) a container formed of a biodegradable material that is a geotextile having a multiplicity of openings of a size and shape adapted for allowing fat, oil and/or grease components to pass through the openings to an interior area of the container;
- (b) an absorbent capture material positioned in the container and holding a quantity of the fat, oil and/or grease components, wherein the absorbent capture material is both oleophilic and hydrophobic and configured to separate the fat, oil, and/or grease components from water in a mixture containing water, fat, oil, and grease components, and wherein (a) and (b) collectively are the biofuel product.
A biofuel product having constituents selected from the group consisting of fat, oil and grease components, and comprising:
- (a) a container formed of a biodegradable geotextile having a multiplicity of openings have an apparent opening size (AOS) of 0.25 mm to 0.5 mm and adapted for allowing a fat, oil and/or grease components to pass through the openings to an interior area of the container;
- (b) an absorbent capture material that is both oleophilic and hydrophobic and configured to separate the fat, oil, and/or grease components from water in a mixture containing water, fat, oil, and grease components, the absorbent capture material positioned in the container and holding a quantity of the fat, oil and/or grease, the container, capture material and the fat, oil and/or grease components;
- (c) the fat, oil and/or grease absorbent capture material selected from the group consisting of sphagnum peat, mushroom compost, orange peel, and polypropylene;
- (d) the fat, oil and/or grease present in a range of between 88-75 percent and the capture material present in a range of between 12 and 25 percent;
- (e) the fat, oil and/or grease components and the absorbent capture material being in a form selected from the group of forms consisting of compressed pellets, logs, cakes, shredded and granulated, wherein (a) and (b) collectively are the biofuel product.
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