Abstract:
This invention relates to processes and systems for converting fresh food waste into nutrient rich hydrolysates and particulate compositions. The invention also relates to the hydrolysates and compositions useful, for example, as fertilizers, feedstock or other nutrient supplements.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for treating wastewater in which the majority of solids and biological oxygen demand compounds are separated from the wastewater feed using a primary separation process, to produce a solids phase and a water phase. The solids phase is irradiated to reduce the level of pathogens such that it is safe to use as a soil substitute and/or additive so that the solids can thus be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner. In additional embodiments, the solids that have been disinfected by radiation are mixed with a suitable inert filler material to produce a soil substitute, fertilizer, compost, or other soil additive. The liquid phase is treated in a substantially smaller system than would be required for treating the full-strength wastewater that can include a suspended media biological regeneration reactor system. The liquid treatment system can include a high flux adsorbent material treatment system integrated with a low flux adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for treating organic waste to reduce treatment costs and period, enable environmentally friendly treatment without causing bad smell or waste water, and thereby prepare an organic combust with a high quality and a liquid fertilizer with a high concentration. The apparatus includes a sealable reaction vessel including an inlet through which an organic waste and a reactive additive are injected, an outlet through which a treated substance is discharged as reactive gas, a stirrer to stir contents of the reaction vessel, and a liquid fertilizer producer to condense the reactive gas discharged from the gas outlet with a cooling solution and thereby produce a liquid fertilizer, while gradually increasing the concentration of fertilizer components of the cooling solution.
Abstract:
Methods for sanitizing organic waste without introducing exogenous heat or chemicals are provided, which involve mixing organic waste with nutrient rich organic material to form a porous matrix that can be maintained at a temperature and duration sufficient to reduce the amount of living microorganisms in the mixture to sanitary levels. The invention also includes dewatering the organic waste prior to the sanitizing process, using various organic fibrous materials.
Abstract:
A process for fragmentation of fungal, bacterial or yeast cell DNA and for inactivating antibiotic residues in fermentation biomass, in which the biomass is firstly acidified, then heated and finally neutralized.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus for microbiological treatment of waste containing harmful substances. According to the invention, the waste is loaded into a waste treatment reactor (2), which comprises a bottom (1a), a cover (1b) and walls (1c, 1d). Organic matter is added to the waste and the properties of the waste material and the conditions are adjusted so as to make them favourable for bacterial activity. The waste is treated in the reactor substantially without agitation, and a sufficient amount of oxygen, moisture and/or nutrients is added into the waste material. The reactor of the invention comprises at least a cover (1b) openable from above and/or an openable wall (1c, 1d) to allow waste material to be loaded into the reactor. The reactor further comprises a substantially immovable sieve plate (11) and a pipe system (4, 5) placed at at least one level for the supply of oxygen, moisture, nutrients and/or steam while the waste material remains substantially immovable in the reactor during the treatment. The apparatus substantially permits transportation to the place of waste treatment.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for decomposing hydrophilic polymers, comprising contacting a hydrophilic polymer or a hydrophilic polymer-containing material with a microorganism at a temperature of 40 to 95°C under aerobic conditions.
Abstract:
Biodegradable polyether esters P1 obtainable by the reaction of a mixture consisting essentially of: (a1) a mixture essentially of 20 to 95 mol% adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, 5 to 80 mol% terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, and 0 to 5 mol% of a sulphonate group-containing compounds in which the sum of the individual mol percentages is 100; and (a2) a mixture of dihydroxy compounds consisting essentially of (a21) 15 to 99 mol% of a dihydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of C2-C6 alkane diols and C5-C10 cycloalkane diols; (a22) 85 to 0.2 mol% of an ether function-containing dihydroxy compound as in formula I HO-[(CH2)n-O]m-H in which n is 2, 3 or 4 and m is a whole number from 2 to 250, or mixtures thereof, in which the molar ratio of (a1) to (a2) is in the range from 0.4:1 to 1.5:1 with the proviso that the polyether esters P1 have a molar weight (Mn) in the range from 5,000 to 80,000 g/mol, a viscosity index in the range from 30 to 450 g/ml (measured in o-dichlorobenzole/phenol (weight ratio 50/50) at a concentration of 0.5 wt.% polyether esters P1 at a temperature of 25 °C) and a melting point in the range from 50 to 200 °C, and with the further proviso that from 0.01 to 5 mol%, in relation to the molar quantity of the components (a1) used, of a compound D with at least three groups capable of ester formation are used to produce the polyether esters P1, and other biodegradable polymers and thermoplastic moulding compounds, process for their production and biodegradable mouldings, adhesives, foams and blends with starch obtainable from the polymers or moulding compounds of the invention.
Abstract:
The specification discloses a system for in situ bioremediation of soil wherein nutrients are delivered in the vapor phase to the affected area of the soil for utilization by microorganisms to promote the metabolism of organic contaminants by the microorganisms.