Hog waste processing apparatus and method
AssigneeTire Recyclers, Inc.
InventorM. Charles White
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Abstract
A hog waste processing apparatus is comprised of standard hog barns which are fluidly connected to separators. The separators are fluidly connected to a pair of reactor cells. The reactor cells are filled with EcoBlocks to increase the surface area upon which biological reactions occur. Excess fluid from the reactor cells drains into a polishing cell which recycles the water to flush the barns. A method is also affiliated with the apparatus. The method comprises flushing the barns with water once a week to remove animal waste to the separators. Once a month the separator being used is allowed to completely dry and the solid waste is removed to a storage area for further drying and shipment.
Claims9
A method of processing animal liquid and solid waste, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) periodically flushing an animal waste storage area with water;
- b) storing the mixture of flushed water and waste in a separator;
- c) separating the liquid from the solid waste of the mixture;
- d) forming a fixed medium reactor;
- e) submerging the fixed medium reactor in an open, liquid filled reactor cell lined with a polymeric membrane;
- f) moving liquid from the separator to the reactor cell;
- g) allowing biologic reaction to occur on said fixed medium reactor;
- h) removing solid waste from the separator;
- and thereafter
- i) drying said solid waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.