Manure drying system and related method
AssigneeCTB, Inc.
InventorDon R. Hoover
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Abstract
A manure drying system for reducing the moisture content in manure collected in an animal husbandry operation, and a method of carrying out the manure drying process. The system and method include providing an animal confinement facility having a ventilation system operating within the facility which causes an air flow. Accumulation apparatus for collecting and selectively holding manure produced by the animals and channeling apparatus for directing at least some part of the air flow produced within the facility onto the manure collected by the accumulation apparatus are also provided. The use of the apparatus and method cause a significant reduction in the moisture content of the manure accumulated and facilitate handling and disposal operations.
Claims20
A manure drying system for reducing the moisture content in animal manure, said drying system comprising:
- a. an animal confinement facility having a ventilation system causing an air flow within the facility;
- b. accumulation means for collecting and selectively holding manure produced by animals within the facility, and;
- c. channeling means for concentrating and directing a portion of the air flow produced within the facility onto the manure collected by the accumulation apparatus to substantially dry said manure.
A method for reducing the moisture content in animal manure comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an animal confinement facility for housing animals;
- b. supplying a ventilating air flow within said animal confinement facility;
- c. providing accumulating apparatus for collecting and holding manure deposited within the confinement facility by the animals, and;
- d. concentrating and channeling a portion of the ventilating air flow over the accumulating apparatus to cause a significant reduction in the moisture content of the manure collected and held by the accumulating apparatus.
A manure drying system for reducing the moisture content in animal manure, said drying system comprising:
- a. an animal confinement facility having a ventilation system causing an air flow within the facility;
- b. accumulation means for receiving and selectively holding manure produced by animals within the facility;
- c. collecting means for temporarily collecting wet manure produced by animals within the facility, and;
- d. channeling means for directing said manure from said collecting means onto said accumulation means while said manure is substantially wet, said accumulation means receiving said substantially wet manure, said channelling means directing a portion of the air flow produced by said ventilation system onto the substantially wet manure received by the accumulation means to substantially dry said manure.
A method for reducing the moisture content in animal manure comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an animal confinement facility for housing animals;
- b. supplying a ventilating air flow within said animal confinement facility;
- c. providing accumulating means for receiving and selectively holding manure deposited within the confinement facility by the animals;
- d. providing collecting means for temporarily collecting wet manure produced by the animals within the facility;
- e. providing a channeling means for allowing said manure to pass from said collecting means to said accumulating means;
- f. transferring said manure from said collecting means onto said accumulation means while said manure is substantially wet, and;
- g. channeling a sufficient volume of the ventilating air flow over the accumulating means to cause a significant reduction in the moisture content of the manure received by the accumulating means from the collecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.