Methods and systems for converting waste into energy
AssigneeInnoventor Engineering, Inc.
InventorsKent F. Schien, Scott A. Moseley, Gary E. Winkler
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Abstract
A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and for converting the waste into a usable form is described. The waste contains both liquids and solids. The method includes separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, controlling an amount of moisture in the solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process, and feeding the moisture controlled solid waste into the energy conversion process.
Claims12
A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and converting the waste into a usable form, the waste containing liquids and solids, said method comprising:
- separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, wherein separating the liquids and solids includes recovering a portion of the solids from the waste stream using at least one mechanical separator and recovering further solids from the waste stream utilizing one or more gravity separators, and wherein the solids recovered from the mechanical separator and from the gravity separator are combined directly into a high-solids waste stream;
- controlling an amount of moisture in the high-solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the high-solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process;
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- feeding the moisture controlled high-solid waste into the energy conversion process.
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