Sealed tight
OwnerLaura Jane Bailey, John Timothy Baileyinventors
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Abstract
Sealed Tight is an integrated anaerobic digester and aquaculture filtering system for agricultural waste treatment. This systems retrofits existing waste containment facilities, resulting in an economical system for complete waste treatment that, due to its sealed design, protects the environment from contamination, even during flood situations. Thoroughly digested manure as created in this system is a superior, low-odor fertilizer. Aquatic plants used to filter overflow are excellent livestock feed; and stored biogas provides farms with a high level of energetic self-sufficiency.
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A continuous flow, psychrophilic anaerobic digester, micro-filtration, integrated aquaculture waste treatment system comprised of:
- a. an anaerobic digester to capture waste, fitted with augers to mix digested slurry with waste stream.
- b. valves to control the flow of effluent to allow sludge to settle before effluent is released.
- c. micro-filter to filter solids and pathogens from effluent
- d. aquatic plants for filtering of effluent
A system that converts existing manure pits, lagoons, into anaerobic digesters by covering the pit with an airtight diaphragm secured to a concrete beam, where diaphragm is kept under negative pressure for ballast.
A system of aquatic plant filtering of effluent, the system comprised of:
- a. an canal adjacent to digester
- b. canal is lined and covered with a greenhouse
- c. an overhead conveyor harvester
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.