Portable renewable energy microgeneration system
AssigneeSEaB Energy Ltd.
InventorNicolas W. SASSOW
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Abstract
A portable renewable energy microgeneration system is disclosed. The system comprises one or more holding tanks that are configured to perform anaerobic digestion on waste in a multi-phase process using bacteria and a controller configured to automatically control the multi-phase process and to re-use the bacteria. The controller re-uses the bacteria by removing at least a portion of the liquid from the waste after anaerobic digestion is performed on the waste and using the at least a portion of the liquid to wet other waste and repeat the multi-phase process.
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A portable renewable energy microgeneration apparatus comprising:
- one or more holding tanks that are configured to perform anaerobic digestion on waste in a multi-phase process;
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- a controller comprising a processor configured to execute computer code to control the apparatus to automatically perform the multi-phase process in the one or more holding tanks and to re-use the bacteria,
- wherein the multi-phase process comprises:
- a first phase in which the waste is wetted with liquid comprising bacteria, is heated to a first temperature, and remains at the first temperature for a period time, and
- a second phase performed after the first phase in which anaerobic digestion is performed with the bacteria at a second temperature that is different than the first temperature, and
- wherein re-using the bacteria comprises:
- removing at least a portion of the liquid from the waste after anaerobic digestion is performed on the waste, and
- using the at least a portion of the liquid to wet other waste and repeat the multi-phase process.
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A process for renewable energy microgeneration comprising the steps of:
- performing anaerobic digestion on waste with bacteria in one or more holding tanks in a multi-phase process, the multi-phase process comprising the steps of:
- a first phase in which the waste is wetted with liquid comprising bacteria, is heated to a first temperature, and remains at the first temperature for a period time, and
- a second phase performed after the first phase in which anaerobic digestion is performed with the bacteria at a second temperature that is different than the first temperature;
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- re-using the bacteria by performing the steps of:
- removing at least a portion of the liquid from the waste after anaerobic digestion is performed on the waste, and
- using the at least a portion of the liquid to wet other waste and repeat the multi-phase process,
- wherein the multi-phase process and re-using the bacteria are automatically performed by a controller comprising a processor configured to execute computer code to perform the multi-phase process and re-use the bacteria.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.