Systems and methods for collecting and transporting biofuel components
OwnerMartin Franklin McCarthy, Sean Thomas McCarthyinventors
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Abstract
A method of capturing and disposing of fats, oil and/or grease (“FOG”) is disclosed. The method includes: providing a porous container formed of a porous fabric, wherein the porous container is filled with an absorbent material capable of absorbing a quantity of the fats, oil, and/or grease through the porous fabric of the porous container; placing the porous container and the absorbent material contained therein in a grease trap; allowing the grease trap to fill up with water and a mixture of fats, oil, and/or grease; removing the fats, oil, and/or grease from the grease trap after a period of time, while the water remains in the grease trap; and transporting the fats, oil, and/or grease.
Claims12
A method of capturing and disposing of fats, oil and/or grease, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing in a grease trap, proximate to a grease trap exit a porous container formed of a porous fabric, wherein the porous container comprises a plurality of pores with an apparent opening size (AOS) of 0.25 mm to 0.5 mm, and wherein the porous container is filled with an absorbent material capable of absorbing a quantity of the fats, oil, and/or grease through the porous fabric of the porous container, wherein the absorbent material is selected from the group consisting of sphagnum peat, mushroom compost, and combinations thereof;
- (b) removing fats, oil, and/or grease located within the porous container from the grease trap while water remains in the grease trap;
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- (c) transporting the fats, oil, and/or grease of step (b) away from the grease trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.