Animal bedding and associated method for preparing the same
AssigneeEco-Composites LLC
InventorsCarey J. Boote, Russ Malek
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Abstract
Animal bedding having one or more solvents and a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing pelletized animal bedding is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from a cow which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product, drying the first wet product to generate a first dry product, and densifying the first dry product to, in turn, generate pelletized animal bedding.
Claims19
Animal bedding, comprising:
- at least one solvent;
- a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion, and wherein average particle size of the lignocellulosic fiber is less than approximately 10 microns;
- and further wherein the density fiber of the animal bedding ranges from approximately 0.950 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 1.40 grams per cubic centimeter.
Pelletized animal bedding derived from cow excrement, comprising:
- at least one pellet comprising a solvent and a lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant cow digestion and anaerobic digestion, and wherein the specific density of the animal bedding pellets ranges from approximately 0.400 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 0.850 grams per cubic centimeter, and further wherein the at least one solvent is present in a concentration of less than approximately 25% by weight.
A method for preparing pelletized animal bedding, comprising the steps of:
- providing excrement from a cow which has undergone ruminant digestion;
- introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester;
- modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product;
- drying the first wet product to generate a first dry product;
- and
- densifying the first dry product to, in turn, generate pelletized animal bedding;
- wherein the specific density of the animal bedding pellets ranges from approximately 0.400 grams per cubic centimeter to approximately 0.850 grams per cubic centimeter, and further wherein the at least one solvent is present in a concentration of less than approximately 25% by weight.
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