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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120034286 | STABILIZATION OF BIOSOLIDS USING IRON NANOPARTICLES This invention discloses a stabilized biosolids composition and a method for the stabilization of biosolids. It entails the use of a chemically and biologically reactive material, in the form of ultrafine iron particles. The nanometer-sized iron particles are capable of... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110265533 | Organic Containing Sludge to Fertilizer Alkaline Conversion Process This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fert... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265532 | Process for Treating Sludge and Manufacturing Bioorganically-Augmented High Nitrogen-Containing Inorganic Fertilizer The invention describes a new method for treating sludge, which can result in the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal sludges or biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers suc... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110230353 | DISPERSIBLE STRUVITE PARTICLES A water-dispersible particle is provided that includes struvite in an amount ranging from 5% to 99.9% by weight of the total dry weight of the particle. A binder component is present in an amount from 1% to 95% by weight. The struvite and the binder component on that co... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110203338 | METHOD FOR SOLIDIFYING HIGH MOISTURE SLUDGE, SOLIDIFIED SLUDGE THEREFROM A method for treating a high water content sludge is disclosed, where the method includes mixing into the high water content sludge, an effective amount of an ash composition. The effective amount of the ash composition is sufficient to convert a portion of the sludge a... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110179841 | HIGH-RATE COMPOSTING PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT The present invention addresses methods and equipments for a high-rate production and improvement of the quality of composts from organic wastes, by processes including Screening, Mechanical Pretreatment, Physical-Chemical Pretreatment, High-Rate Stabilization Process, ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110154873 | BIOORGANICALLY-AUGMENTED HIGH VALUE FERTILIZER The invention is directed to processes for treating biosolids that result in high-value, nitrogen-containing, slow-release, organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that are competitive with less valuable or more costly conventional commercially manufactured fertilize... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110067466 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING FAECES An apparatus for the treatment of faeces, includes a tank (200) for housing faeces that has been subjected to treatment. There is a process vessel (202) in which the faeces is treated and which is located inside the tank (200) having an inlet (20... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110030431 | Soil Mediums and Alternative Fuel Mediums, Apparatus and Methods of Their Production and Uses Thereof An apparatus is disclosed for converting sludges, wastes or a combination thereof to biosolids, including a) at least one heated air system, b) at least one trough arrangement, c) at least one auger system, wherein the at least one auger system is situated in the at lea... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110005284 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PROCESS INCLUDING IRRADIATION OF PRIMARY SOLIDS The present invention provides a system and 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 ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000269 | Mobile system and apparatus for reducing emission and smell from slurry This invention describes a mobile system for reducing emission of a slurry, such as a liquid manure, where said mobile system is mounted on a mobile unit and comprises a slurry tanker in liquid communication with means for adding/injecting an acid into said slurry, wher... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100326151 | Enhanced Fertilizer Granule An enhanced fertilizer product comprised of nutrients and inert solids wherein the nutrients and inert solids are derived from a source material. The nutrients in the source material are collected with a nutrient capture process. The fertilizer product is agglomerated.... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100288003 | Organic Recycling With Metal Addition The invention is directed to methods for producing a granular nitrogen fertilizer from an organic material comprising adding a metallic salt to said organic material to form a slurry. Preferably the organic material comprises dewatered biosolids and contains water from ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100278595 | SOIL FORMULATION FOR RESISTING EROSION This disclosure relates to soil erosion and the establishment of an appropriate seed bed. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a composition applied to exposed soil wherein the composition comprises organic material produced when the methane is burned from green... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100223969 | LOWERING VISCOSITY OF BIOSOLIDS Sewage sludge is dewatered to a cake-like state. The viscosity of the sludge is lowered by admixing a quantity of urea, urea-ammonium-nitrate, or other nitrogen-containing material, in with the dewatered sludge. The treatment also removes pathogens, and renders the prod... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100218574 | METHOD FOR TREATING BIO-ORGANIC AND WASTEWATER SLUDGES An improved process of treating sludge to provide a stable product for use as a beneficial soil or fertilizer for agricultural lands which includes the steps (a) mixing the sludge with at least a first alkaline material and a second alkaline material in an amount suffic... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC BASED FERTILIZER AND USABLE WATER FROM ANIMAL WASTE A method of producing an organic based fertilizer and usable water from animal waste includes the step of separating the animal waste into liquid waste and solid waste. The liquid waste is clarified to produce a supernatant and a sludge which is pressed into a filter ca... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100186469 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF LIQUID MATERIALS BASED ON ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for the treatment of liquid material based on organic waste products, in particular sludge from sewage disposal plants and the like, wherein the sludge material is added and mixed with chemicals, in particular su... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100139345 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER MADE BY ALKALINE CONVERSION PROCESS This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fert... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100139346 | BENEFICIATED, HEAT-DRIED BIOSOLID PELLETS This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for modifying the process of producing dried biosolids pellets or granules into beneficiated inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The present invention describes a method to beneficiate heat-dried bios... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100132421 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FERTILIZER OUT OF SLUDGE A method of producing fertilizer out of sludge, in which method sludge is heated with superheated steam for achieving hygienization to destroy pathogenic microorganisms. In the method, the sludge is heated to a temperature of 60 to 100° C. with superheated steam having... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100107712 | METHOD FOR TREATING DOMESTIC WASTE The invention relates to a new method for treating domestic waste and the like by the combination of two compositions, one containing lime and the other containing urea, to the combinations, to the products obtained by the method and to uses thereof.... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100011823 | Organic recycling with a pipe-cross or tubular reactor The invention is directed to a process for enhancing the plant nutrient value of relatively low analysis organic waste material (e.g. sewage sludge) involves treating the waste material with an acid and base in a pipe-cross,reactor or tubular to form a melt; spraying th... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100000277 | GRANULATED PLANT NUTRIENT The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for making municipal sludge based plant nutrient. In particular, the plant nutrient of the present invention is substantially free of noxious odor and retains valuable nutrients, while solving the problem o... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090324799 | MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT EFFLUENTS TO PRODUCE A BIOFUEL, FERTILIZER AND/OR ANIMAL FEED FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MINDED COMMUNITIES Continuously produced algae is seeded into the waste streams by the use of 4 or more photo bio-reactors. The algae so produced manufacture oils and fats inside their cells from nutrients in the waste and the process of photosynthesis. Their growth is enhanced by the use... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090314046 | PRODUCTION OF A HIGH PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER PRODUCT This invention is related to methods for the production of high phosphorus fertilizer products from waste products. In particular, the method describes the production of liquid and dry fertilizer products produced from the incineration of wastewater treatment sludges ut... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090293568 | SOLID FUEL FROM BROWN GREASE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BROWN GREASE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE RECYCLING A method and system for making solid fuel from brown grease includes providing brown grease, dewatering the brown grease, and combining the dewatered brown grease with a combustible material under conditions effective to make a solid fuel. A method and system for making... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090223266 | Method and Deodorizing and Decontaminating Biologically Contaminated Sludge The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly method for deodorizing and rendering innocuous biologically contaminated sludge or slurry—primarily municipal wastewater sludge or liquid manure—containing up to 10% of solid matter with aerobic stabilizat... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090090152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTROL AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATERIALS Systems and methods for managing and disinfecting excrement material. A device includes a biopolymer decomposition container. The method includes treating an excrement sample with a bioactive agent, providing oxygen to the bioactive agent, and disinfecting microorganism... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090013742 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT Particular aspects provide a method for recovering phosphate, comprising: obtaining an effluent or wastewater, etc. having calcium-sequestered phosphate; adding to the effluent or wastewater a calcium chelating or sequestration agent suitable to chelate or sequester Ca<... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080257001 | Treatment of Sewage Sludges The present invention provides a method of reducing the pathogen content of sewage sludge comprising (a) adding to the sludge an effective amount of a phosphorous-containing compound and (b) keeping the phosphorous-containing compound in contact with the sludge for a su... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080209968 | Processes for Treatment of Wastewater, Separation, Deodorisation and Re-Use of Biosolids The present invention relates to a process for treating wastewater containing suspended solids comprising adding to the wastewater a treating substance in an amount sufficient to enhance at least one of (a) the settling rate of the solids, (b) the bulk density of the so... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080034822 | Organic recycling with metal addition The invention is directed to methods for producing a granular nitrogen fertilizer from an organic material comprising adding a metallic salt to said organic material to form a slurry. Preferably the organic material comprises dewatered biosolids and contains water from ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080000279 | Methods of controlling chemical self-heating of organic-containing materials Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting chemical self-heating in organic-containing materials by the addition of phosphate and or other buffering agents which control the pH of the organic-containing material and alter the organic nature of the material such that sel... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20050056064 | Quality organic fertilizer This patent application is for the formulation of an organic agricultural fertilizer. This product meets the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The material used is municipal sludge from treated municipal plants. The raw material meets the guideline... | 03/17/2005 |
