Inerting method in digestion
AssigneeAnaeco Limited
InventorsBarry Antony Tindall, Gareth James Buckland
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Abstract
A method for the inerting of vessels used in the digestion of organic waste, the method characterised by the method steps of: (i) Capturing exhaust gas (14) from a chemical conversion means (12); (ii) Directing at least a portion of the captured exhaust gas (14) from step (i) to a vessel (40) used in the digestion of organic waste; and (iii) Purging the vessel (40) using the exhaust gas (14) so as to avoid an explosive mix of gases therein, wherein the exhaust gas (14) contains sufficient oxygen to prevent substantially the production of methane by anaerobic bacteria in the vessel (40).
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A method for the inerting of vessels used in the digestion of organic waste, the method characterised by the method steps of:
- (i) Capturing exhaust gas from a chemical conversion means;
- (ii) Directing at least a portion of the captured exhaust gas from step (i) to a vessel used in the digestion of organic waste;
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- (iii) Purging the vessel using the exhaust gas so as to avoid an explosive mix of gases therein,
- wherein the captured exhaust gas contains sufficient oxygen to prevent substantially the production of methane by anaerobic bacteria.
A method for the inerting of vessels used in the digestion of organic waste, the method being substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.