115results about "Manure storage" patented technology

The one-step system of the present invention provides a highly sanitary, efficient, economical and humane method for raising pigs from birth to finished product. Farrowing and raising pigs in just one location helps to reduce virus and bacteria problems as compared with conventional methods and significantly reduces labor costs. As a result, the mature hog is healthier and also more profitable. By slowing composting fibrous material and manure on-site, the waste management system of the one-step system completely eliminates the need for offensive lagoons, and recycles the manure for end products useful in gardening and agricultural applications.

A method and apparatus for composting animal waste. A system of gutters and conveyors collect liquid manure and urine and mix it with fibrous material such as ground corn stalks, ground cotton waste, ground peanut hulls, ground hay, or sawdust. The waste and fibrous material mixture combine to form a ground fibrous waste material or mash which is preferably transported up and down the length of the building by a pair of gutter blending conveyors located in central gutters below the service alley between two rows of pens. The mash is moved along by the gutter blending conveyors at a speed sufficiently slow so that composting can occur on a continuous basis. Animal carcases may be ground up and added to the mixture as it is composting, to dispose of the bodies.

A method of treating animal manure yielding a final liquid fraction and solid fractions whereby the final liquid fraction has a suspended solids (SS) content of about 3 g/L or lower comprising subjecting at least a part of said manure to a first biological passive flotation step in a flotation unit having a hydraulic residency time (HRT) of about 4 to about 24 hours with a polymer to yield a first flotation solid fraction and a first flotation liquid fraction, said method comprising a further treatment. An apparatus for treating animal manure comprising a main flotation unit having a HRT of about 4 to about 24 hours, said main flotation units including skimming means for removing floating solids from at least a portion of the surface of the manure and dredging means for removing settled contaminants from at least a portion of the bottom of the tank, whereby at least a part of said manure is directed to the main flotation unit wherein it is separated in a first floating solids fraction, a second liquid fraction and a first settled solids fraction and wherein the second liquid fraction has a SS content of about 3 g/L or lower.

A system for comprehensive treatment of cultivation pollution in a scalable pig farm includes a source separation pigsty, a pigsty flushing water treatment system, a solid-liquid separation system, a solid high-temperature aerobic fermentation system, a liquid high-temperature aerobic fermentation system, an odor and flue gas treatment system, a boiler system and a test and control system. The source separation pigsty is designed into a pigsty that separates feces and urine from rainwater, pigsty flushing water and residual drinking water. The sludge pump pumps the feces and urine to the solid-liquid separation device. Solids separated by the solid-liquid separation device are conveyed to the solid high-temperature aerobic fermentation system, and liquid separated by the solid-liquid separation device is conveyed to the liquid high-temperature aerobic fermentation system. The boiler system includes a boiler, a circulating pump, a hot water pipeline and a water return pipeline.

An apparatus for preventing the contamination of a fresh water source by grey water to be land applied, the apparatus comprising a source of grey water, a source of fresh water, a mixing tank having inlets for fresh and grey water as well as outlets for mixed fresh/grey water, and a safety overflow to prevent contamination of the fresh water source by grey water. There is a total disconnect between fresh water and grey water. Also provided is a means for preparing a desired mixture of fresh and grey water to be land applied, having desired characteristics of concentration of nitrogen, phosphorous, and other nutrients. A means for automatically transferring grey water from a lagoon or holding pond to an additional tank when the level of the grey water in the lagoon or holding pond exceeds a desired level is provided. Finally, the invention allows injection of additional nutrients, herbicides, pesticides and the like into the mixture to produce a desired composition for land application.

An animal treatment method comprises flushing the animal waste from a barn to a holding tank where the waste is mixed with an alkaline solution to kill pathogens. After neutralization, the solution is separated into solids and liquids. The liquid is treated and recycled as flushing water to clean the barns and/or drinking water for the animals. The solids are separated into digested and undigested feed. The digested feed is further processed for use as a fertilizer and the undigested feed is processed for use as animal feed.

The invention discloses a method for processing and applying organic fertilizer and a processing system. The applying method comprises the following steps: after adding water into solid organic fertilizer and retting, filtering or directly filtering liquid-state organic fertilizer to obtain organic fertilizer filtrate, carrying out drip irrigation on the organic fertilizer filtrate by an irrigation device into the root area of a crop and the like. The invention also provides a system realizing the method. By the method, the solid organic fertilizer which is commonly used in farmhouses is processed into uniform liquid-state fertilizer capable of carrying out irrigation and drip application, and the uniformity of fertilization is ensured; a traditional organic fertilizer application mode isfundamentally changed, and the invention is clean, sanitary, timesaving and laboursaving, can utilize the prior conventional irrigation device, has low running cost and low technical requirement, is simple and practical and is very suitable for popularization and application in industries applying drip-irrigation fertilization facilities, such as fruit gardens, tea gardens, economic forests, vegetables and the like, in hills and mountainous areas in China.

A system and method for generating a virtual reality scene from scanned point cloud data having user defined content is provided. The system includes a coordinate measurement device operable to measure three-dimensional coordinates. A computing device having a processor is operably coupled to the coordinate measurement device, the processor being operable to generate a point cloud data and insert user defined content into the point cloud data in response to an input from a user, the processor further being operable to generate a virtual reality data file based at least in part on the point cloud data with the user defined content. A virtual reality device is operably coupled to the computing device, the virtual reality device being operable to display the virtual reality data file to the user.

The membrane structure according to the present invention has a top layer containing three plies. The top ply has UV stabilizers embedded therein; the bottom ply has stretch-resistant elements embedded therein; and the middle ply contains a co-extruded polyvinylidene chloride barrier film for example, for protecting the top ply against bio-gas infiltrations therein. In another aspect, the top and bottom plies containing polyethylene for protecting the middle ply from the weather and from corrosive environments under the membrane cover. In yet another aspect, the membrane structure has two foam layers affixed to the bottom ply. Each foam layer is made of juxtaposed strips of semi-rigid, closed-cell, polyethylene foam; wherein each strip in one foam layer is laid astride the adjoining edges of a pair of strips in the other foam layer. The strips of foam are bonded together and to the undersurface of the bottom ply by strips of fused polyethylene.

Disclosed is a system and method of digesting raw animal waste using diffusers to force circulation and aerate a digesting lagoon. Several lagoons may be used in series to treat raw waste and different variations may be employed to successively digest raw waste. Aeration with slightly ozonated air facilitates a blend of aerobic and anaerobic microbes to quickly and completely digest large amounts of raw animal waste.

A plant (10) for treating poultry manure comprises:—an apparatus for the first treatment (11) of the poultry manure, configured to carry out dilution, homogenization and hot, damp alkaline hydrolysis of the diluted poultry manure and to supply at exit a stream of inert materials (18) and a stream of hydrolyzed poultry manure (19); —a second treatment unit (20) configured to carry out a flocculation of the stream of hydrolyzed poultry manure (19) and to supply a hydrolyzed and flocculated stream of poultry manure (22);—a solid-liquid separation unit (24) configured to separate the stream of hydrolyzed and flocculated poultry manure (22) into a solid fraction (26) suitable for anaerobic digestion and a liquid fraction (28);—a liquid post-treatment unit (30) of the liquid fraction (28) supplied by the solid-liquid separation unit (24) configured to recover water (32, 60), ammonium sulfate (31, 56) and salts (34, 54, 54a) from the liquid fraction (28).

The invention provides an ecological agricultural circulating system. The system comprises a crop planting area, a livestock and poultry breeding area, a biogas project and a greenhouse area. Grains in the crop planting area are used to feed livestock and poultry in the livestock and poultry breeding area; faeces generated by the livestock and poultry enters the biogas project for generating biogas and biogas residues; the biogas is used for household cooking; dry-wet separation is carried out on the biogas residues and cultivation sewage for generating biogas dregs and biogas slurry; the biogas slurry is applied to the greenhouse area as a flush fertilizer; straw in the crop planting area is carbonized to form straw charcoal, biomass fuel gas and a wood vinegar liquid; the straw charcoaland the biogas dregs are mixed to form an organic fertilizer which is the base fertilizer in the greenhouse area; the biomass fuel gas is used as a heat source and a gas fertilizer for the greenhouse;the wood vinegar liquid is used for soil improvement in the greenhouse area as a sterilizing agent; tail vegetable residues generated in the greenhouse area are subjected to fermentation treatment for forming a plant enzyme, and the plant enzyme is applied to the greenhouse area as a flush fertilizer after being diluted. According to the system provided by the invention, heating and fertilizing in the greenhouse area are taken as a center, which is combined with waste discharge of livestock and poultry breeding and grain planting, so that ecological planting, zero pollution and zero dischargeare truly achieved.

Disclosed are a food waste fermentation device and a livestock manure composing device both using soil microbes, and a biofield generator, a microbial cell, and a microbial condenser all of which are suitably used for the devices. The food waste fermentation device includes: a food waste treatment tank for containing food waste; and a biofield generator for promoting lactic acid fermentation of food waste. The biofield generator includes a DC module or an AC module. The DC module includes a DC battery, a frequency generator generating a predetermined frequency carrier wave using DC power, a microbial cell electrically connected to the frequency generator, and a DC output portion. The DC module generates a biofield consisting of an electromagnetic field generated by the frequency generator and an electromagnetic field generated by the microbial cell. The AC module generates a biofield using an AC input signal and a microbial condenser.

The invention discloses an ecological circulating beef cattle culturing farm building method and a system. The building method comprises steps of (A) selecting a site for a beef cattle culturing farm, (B) building cattle houses, (C) building a fertilizer pool, (D) arranging liquid fertilizer discharging pipes, wherein in the (C) step, the fertilizer pool has two layers: the lower layer is a liquid fertilizer pool and the upper layer is a solid fertilizer pool; and in the (D) step, the liquid fertilizer pipes are orderly installed on the liquid fertilizer pool wall. A water source is connected with a food tank in the cattle house via a water pipe; the solid fertilizer pool is connected with the liquid fertilizer pool; bovine urine discharging trenches in the cattle house are connected with the lower layer liquid fertilizer pool via plastic pipes; the liquid fertilizer pool is connected with an agricultural land orderly via a liquid fertilizer discharging pipe, a valve, a filter device, an air valve, a pressure adjusting valve, a master pipe, branch pipes, a valve, flow meters and plastic drip-irrigating pipes. The ecological circulating beef cattle culturing farm building system is simply structured and can be conveniently used; beef cattle growth can be facilitated; and the ecological circulating beef cattle culturing farm building method and system are suitable for application in low mountains and hilly areas.

A method of producing biogas by anaerobic digestion of organic matter comprises the steps of grinding organic matter, mixing the organic matter with a liquid to form a slurry with a dry solids content of 15-45% by weight TS, feeding the slurry to a tank reactor (2) and, in the tank reactor, contacting the slurry with biogas-producing bacteria for digestion under anaerobic conditions, and digesting the slurry in the tank reactor (2) at a dry solids content of 5-10% by weight TS while producing biogas. A device (1) for producing biogas by anaerobic digestion of organic matter comprises a sealable, essentially gas-tight tank reactor (2) having an inlet (4) for organic matter and outlets (6, 8) for produced biogas and formed digested sludge. The device (1) has a premixing tank (18) for mixing ground organic matter with a liquid to a slurry with a dry solids content of 15-45% by weight TS and a feed pipe (26, 4) for feeding the slurry to the tank reactor (2).

The membrane structure according to the present invention has a top layer containing three plies. The top ply has UV stabilizers embedded therein; the bottom ply has stretch-resistant elements embedded therein; and the middle ply contains a co-extruded polyvinylidene chloride barrier film for example, for protecting the top ply against bio-gas infiltrations therein. In another aspect, the top and bottom plies containing polyethylene for protecting the middle ply from the weather and from corrosive environments under the membrane cover. In yet another aspect, the membrane structure has two foam layers affixed to the bottom ply. Each foam layer is made of juxtaposed strips of semi-rigid, closed-cell, polyethylene foam; wherein each strip in one foam layer is laid astride the adjoining edges of a pair of strips in the other foam layer. The strips of foam are bonded together and to the undersurface of the bottom ply by strips of fused polyethylene.

The invention relates to a linear city pipeline network sewage disposal system capable of preparing an organic fertilizer. The bottom layer of an integral complex building of a linear city is equippedwith a sewage management layer, wherein the sewage management layer comprises a distributing region connected with an outlet of a sewage disposal tube, at least one fermentation region connected withthe distributing region, an open type storage region, a biogas output pipeline connected with the upper part or the top of an anaerobic fermentation tank and a liquid-state organic fertilizer conveying pipeline connected with the storage region, wherein the distributing region is used for filtering residual water; the fermentation region collects dirt and performs anaerobic fermentation, and aerates biogas residues and biogas slurry, and is added with strains to culture to prepare a liquid-state organic fertilizer; the biogas output pipeline is used for outputting biogas output by the fermentation tank; and the liquid-state organic fertilizer conveying pipeline is perpendicularly paved along the building, and is output to each floor balcony or an indoor plant planting region. The systemrecycles dirt fermentation biogas, and is prepared into a chemical fertilizer for irrigating vegetables planted by upper residents or surrounding farmland, so that transportation cost is reduced, dirtis effectively treated, and the organic fertilizer is utilized.

The invention discloses an ecological breeding system for piglets. The ecological breeding system comprises two parts, namely a piglet breeding environment building and a piglet breeding and management method, wherein the piglet breeding environment building is divided into five regions which are respectively a piglet house (1), an activity region (2), a mud sump (3), a motion filed (4) and a planting region (5). By using the ecological breeding system, the meat quality can be effectively improved, the physical fitness can be enhanced, the survival rate of the piglets can be increased, and pork of the slaughtered piglets is popular on the market due to low fat meat proportion and good lean meat taste.

The invention discloses a multi-layer ecological pig raising system. The system comprises a treatment room and a plurality of pig raising houses, wherein each pig raising house comprises a pig chamberand a collecting chamber which are separated through a floor; pigs are bred in each pig chamber; a manure scraping device is arranged in each pig chamber; each manure scraping device comprises a water outlet frame body; each manure scraping device is provided with an air cylinder and a scraper; a notch is formed between the floor and a side wall of each pig raising house; one side of each pig raising house is closed through a partition wall; a waste collecting chamber is formed between each partition wall and the corresponding pig raising house; a wall scraping plate is arranged between eachpartition wall and the side wall of the corresponding pig raising house; the treatment room comprises a compost room and an anaerobic fermentation chamber which are separated through a partition plate; excrements in the waste collecting chambers are conveyed to the compost room through a pump; the compost room is provided with a compost chamber; the compost chamber and the partition plate are provided with leakage holes; and liquid in the compost chamber flows into the anaerobic fermentation chamber through the leakage holes. According to the multi-layer ecological pig raising system, the pigchambers can be automatically cleaned, unified automatic follow-up treatment can be conducted on the excrements of the pigs, people do not need to make contact with the pigs in the whole process, andthe pigs cannot be affected, so that manpower and material resources are greatly saved, and the pig chambers can be kept clean and tidy to the maximum extent.

The invention discloses a using method of an intelligent system for environment-friendly deep application and irrigation of an organic fertilizer. The intelligent system comprises a liquid organic fertilizer preparation unit, a liquid organic fertilizer conveying unit, a liquid organic fertilizer application unit and a centralized electric control unit; the liquid organic fertilizer preparation unit comprises an underframe I, a travelling device, a mixing and stirring tank and a liquid organic fertilizer processing electric control device; the liquid organic fertilizer conveying unit comprisesan organic fertilizer conveying pipeline; and the liquid organic fertilizer application unit comprises a coiled PE pipe supply device, a deep ploughing and fertilizer application device and a liquidorganic fertilizer application electric control device. The intelligent system for environment-friendly deep application and irrigation of the organic fertilizer can be used for reducing the whole volume and weight of fertilizer application equipment and relieving rolling compaction on a farmland on the premises of realizing deep ploughing and fertilizer application of farmyard manure and reducingenvironment pollution, meanwhile, long-distance and large-area disposable intelligent fertilizer application operation can be realized, and furthermore, efficient application of the organic fertilizer can be realized; and the intelligent system is particularly suitable for applying the organic fertilizer to a large farmland located near a livestock farm.