Method and apparatus for ecological recycling of waste products to produce fertilizer and garden plant nutrients

Abstract

Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ECOLOGICALLY RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD ORGANIC WASTE, YARD AND GARDEN TRIMMINGS AND PRUNINGS, AND STORM SEWERAGE ALONG WITH SANITAARY SEWAGE THROUGH AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESS MODIFIED TO INCREASE ITS AERATION EFFICIENCY WHILE ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR PRELIMINARY SEDIMENTATION TANKS, FINAL SLUDGE DIGESTER TANKS AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITIES'' NATURAL WATER RESOURCES FOR THE STABILIZATION AND THE PURIFICATION OF THE FINAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGE BY EFFECTING ON SITE UTILIZATIION OF THE FINAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGE THROUGH A SEPARATION OF THE SLUDGE COMPONENT AND THE NUTRIENT RICH LIQUID COMPONENT FOR RESPECTIVELY FORMING DRIED COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND/ OR COMMERCIALLY SALEABLE COMPOST AND REDUCING THE NUTRIENT RICH LIQUOR TO NUTRIENT FREE WATER BY CONVEYING IT AS A FEEDER LIQUOR THROUGH A SUITABLY FORMED HYDROPONIC GARDEN CONTAINING COMMERCIALLY SALEABLE PLANTS ARRANGED TO EXTRACT THE NUTRIENTTS. THE APPARATUS, IN ADDITION TO THE CONVENTIONALLY FITTED ACTIVATED SLUDGE AERATION TANKS AND A FINAL SEDIMENTATION TANK, PROVIDES A GRINDINGG UNIT FOR GRINDING THE HOUSEHOLD ORGANIC WASTE AND YARD AND GARDEN TRIMMINGS AND INTRODUCING THEM AT SUITABLE STRATEGIC POINTS INTO THE SANITARY SEWER LINES TO BE CONVEYED BY THE SEWAGE EFFLUENT TO THE PLANT SITE AND DELIVERED, AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH A MIXER TO PROVIDE THROUGH MIXING, TO THE AERATION SLUDGE TANK FITTED WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL AERATION SYSTE, WHICH ADDS TO THE CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED-SLUDGE PROCESS A "TRICKLING FILTER EFFECT" SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCING THE AERATION AND BACTERIAL GROWTH ABILITY OF THE AERATION TANK, A SLUDGE REMOVAL PUMP HAVING AN OUTLET ALTERNATELY ADAPTED TO DELIVER EXCESS SLUDGE TO A DRIER FOR CONVERSION AS AN END PRODUCT TO COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER OR TO A SPRAY MEANS FOR SPRAYING THE SLUDGE AS A COMPOSTING CATALYST OVER A CHIP BED PRODUCED BY PASSING YARD AND GARDEN PRUNINGS THROUGH A CONVENTIONAL CHIPPER TO PRODUCE AS AN END PRODUCT A RICH COMMERCIAL COMPOST, AND A HYDROPONIC GARDEN FOR EXTRACTING THE NUTRIENTS FROM THE SEPARATED NUTRIENT RICH LIQUOR TO PRODUCE AS AN END PRODUCT NUTRIENT FREE WATER.

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• 👤 C Carothers

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