Systems and methods for waste disposal for use in a vehicle
OwnerHenry Van Acker, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A system for waste disposal for use in a vehicle includes a holding tank for receiving waste and a separator for receiving the waste from the holding tank with the separator being configured to separate the waste into a liquid portion and a solid portion. A macerator receives the solid portion from the separator and macerates the solid portion. Further included is an engine for providing power to the vehicle and being configured to receive and incinerate the solid portion.
Claims16
A waste disposal system for use in a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a holding tank for receiving waste;
- a separator for receiving the waste from said holding tank, said separator serving to separate the waste into a liquid portion and a solid portion;
- a macerator for receiving the solid portion from said separator and macerating the solid portion into a macerated solid portion;
- an engine for providing power to the vehicle, said engine configured to receive and incinerate the macerated solid portion;
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- wherein said engine is configured to incinerate the waste by a burning a mixture of a fuel and the macerated solid portion in an internal combustion process of said engine.
A waste disposal system for use in a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a holding tank for receiving waste;
- a separator for receiving the waste from said holding tank, said separator serving to separate the waste into a liquid portion and a solid portion;
- an engine for providing power to the vehicle;
- and
- an evaporator for receiving the liquid portion, said evaporator being thermally coupled to said engine for evaporating the liquid portion received in said evaporator;
- wherein said engine is configured to receive the solid portion and incinerate a mixture of the solid portion and a fuel in an internal combustion process of said engine.
A waste disposal method for use in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- separating waste into a solid portion and a liquid portion in a separator;
- Macerating the solid portion at a macerator into a macerated solid portion;
- receiving the macerated solid portion at an engine;
- and
- incinerating a mixture of the macerated solid portion and a fuel in an internal combustion process of said engine.
A waste disposal method for use in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- separating waste into a solid portion and a liquid portion in a separator;
- generating heat by an engine, when the engine is operating to power the vehicle;
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- receiving the liquid portion at an evaporator thermally coupled to the engine and evaporating at least a portion of the liquid portion using the heat from the engine
- wherein the generating the heat comprises internally combusting a mixture of the solid portion and a fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.