Channel cover
AssigneeBedminster Bioconversion Corporation
InventorLarry J. Finn
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Abstract
A compost curing air circulating and odor control system including a channel for storage of compost to be cured, the channel being provided with a retractable cover to permit periodic turning of the compost within the channel while concomitantly maintaining the channel as a closed vessel and an air circulating system for venting air from the closed vessel and recirculating the air through the stored compost whereby to enhance pathogen destruction through improved control of temperature gradients within the compost pile and to improve odor control.
Claims18
In a composting system, comprised of a channel storing compost to be cured, said channel being of generally U-shaped, cross-sectional configuration and having a floor, sidewalls and an upwardly presented open face, the improvement comprising:
- a temperature-insulating cover overlying and closing the open face of the channel, turning means for periodically turning compost stored within the channel;
- and means for moving said temperature-insulating cover in advance of said turning means as it moves along the channel.
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