| abstract |
An integrated farm animal waste treatment system for treating solid and liquid farm animal wastes while recovering waste heat energy generated during the treatment process. The preferred embodiment includes a portable chemical treatment process that can be moved from one waste processing site to another in order to treat a variety of different types of animal waste in varying amounts on a batch basis. The preferred embodiment provides for the destruction of hazardous solids, liquids and gases. In addition, the process includes means to isolate and recover valuable by-products of farm animal waste, such as nitrogen and ammonia, for use in manufacturing commercial-grade fertilizer. The preferred embodiment also includes means for capturing waste heat for use either internally in the waste treatment process itself or, alternatively as a source of heat for the farm creating the animal wastes. The same basic process, but with additional, more permanent features, can be installed and operated on either a batch or continuous basis as a permanent installation, depending on the need within a particular farming community. |