Apparatus and method for promoting biological oxidation of organic material

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION OF ORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL CARRIED IN FEED LIQUID, THAT INCLUDES DISTRIBUTING SAID FEED LIQUID TO TRAVEL IN PARTICLES WITHIN AN AIR ZONE CONTAINED WITHIN A CHAMBER AND THROUGH A SERIES SUCCESSION OF SUBZONES THEREIN, SUDDENLY INTERCEPTING ONLY SOME OF THE LIQUID PARTICLES ON OPEN PLASTIC GRID WORK FACING THE APPROACHING PARTICLES AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES SO THAT INTERCEPTED PARTICLES SPLASH DIVIDE INTO SUBPARTICLES HAVING INCREASED SURFACE EXPOSURE FOR CONTACT WITH AIR IN SAID ZONE, FILMING INTERCEPTED PARTICLES ON GRID WORK SURFACES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF FALLING LIQUID TRAVEL AND AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES AND IN RELATIVELY SLOWLY MOVING FILMS FOR INCREASING THE TIME DURATION OF AIR CONTACT WITH SAID ORGANIC MATERIAL, DRAINING THE PARTICLES IN FREE FALLING STATE AFTER TERMINATION OF FILMING TRAVEL THEREOF AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES, THE LIQUID TRAVELING BETWEEN SAID SUBZONES BEING FREE FOR CONTACT BY AIR, SEEDING THE FEED LIQUID WITH BACTERIA TO BUILD UP BIOLOGICAL CULTURE ON THE PLASTIC GRIDWORK SURFACES, INDUCING DISPLACEMENT OF AIR TO FLOW UPWARDLY AND OPENLY AT A CONTROLLED RATE SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH SAID SUBZONES FROM AN AIR INLET REGION IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER, THEREBY TO CONTROLLABLY DISSOLVE OXYGEN IN THE DOWNWARD TRAVELING PARTICLES AT AND BETWEEN SAID SUBZONES, SAID LIQUID SPLASHING AND FILMING AND SAID UPWARD AIR FLOW ACTING TO PROMOTE NEAR MAXIMUM SOLUTION OF OXYGEN IN THE LIQUID FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY TO THE CULTURE FORMING ON SAID SURFACES IN OPEN GRIDWORK PATTERN, INCREASING THE INPUT OF WASTE MATERIAL TO SAID ZONE OVER PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS TO ACCLIMATE THE CULTURE ON SAID PLASTICE SURFACES TO SAID WASTE, COLLECTING THE LIQUID EFFLUENT FROM SAID TREATING ZONE TO PROMOTE CONTINUED OXIDATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL THEREIN OUTSIDE SAID ZONE, AND INTRODUCING AT LEAST SOME OF THE EFFLUENT INTO SAID FEED STREAM.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION OF ORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL CARRIED IN FEED LIQUID, THAT INCLUDES DISTRIBUTING SAID FEED LIQUID TO TRAVEL IN PARTICLES WITHIN AN AIR ZONE CONTAINED WITHIN A CHAMBER AND THROUGH A SERIES SUCCESSION OF SUBZONES THEREIN, SUDDENLY INTERCEPTING ONLY SOME OF THE LIQUID PARTICLES ON OPEN PLASTIC GRID WORK FACING THE APPROACHING PARTICLES AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES SO THAT INTERCEPTED PARTICLES SPLASH DIVIDE INTO SUBPARTICLES HAVING INCREASED SURFACE EXPOSURE FOR CONTACT WITH AIR IN SAID ZONE, FILMING INTERCEPTED PARTICLES ON GRID WORK SURFACES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF FALLING LIQUID TRAVEL AND AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES AND IN RELATIVELY SLOWLY MOVING FILMS FOR INCREASING THE TIME DURATION OF AIR CONTACT WITH SAID ORGANIC MATERIAL, DRAINING THE PARTICLES IN FREE FALLING STATE AFTER TERMINATION OF FILMING TRAVEL THEREOF AT EACH OF SAID SUBZONES, THE LIQUID TRAVELING BETWEEN SAID SUBZONES BEING FREE FOR CONTACT BY AIR, SEEDING THE FEED LIQUID WITH BACTERIA TO BUILD UP BIOLOGICAL CULTURE ON THE PLASTIC GRIDWORK SURFACES, INDUCING DISPLACEMENT OF AIR TO FLOW UPWARDLY AND OPENLY AT A CONTROLLED RATE SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH SAID SUBZONES FROM AN AIR INLET REGION IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER, THEREBY TO CONTROLLABLY DISSOLVE OXYGEN IN THE DOWNWARD TRAVELING PARTICLES AT AND BETWEEN SAID SUBZONES, SAID LIQUID SPLASHING AND FILMING AND SAID UPWARD AIR FLOW ACTING TO PROMOTE NEAR MAXIMUM SOLUTION OF OXYGEN IN THE LIQUID FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY TO THE CULTURE FORMING ON SAID SURFACES IN OPEN GRIDWORK PATTERN, INCREASING THE INPUT OF WASTE MATERIAL TO SAID ZONE OVER PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS TO ACCLIMATE THE CULTURE ON SAID PLASTICE SURFACES TO SAID WASTE, COLLECTING THE LIQUID EFFLUENT FROM SAID TREATING ZONE TO PROMOTE CONTINUED OXIDATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL THEREIN OUTSIDE SAID ZONE, AND INTRODUCING AT LEAST SOME OF THE EFFLUENT INTO SAID FEED STREAM.