1290 results about "Animal waste" patented technology

An animal waste disposal system including a housing with an area for holding a bed of particulate litter, a scoop with a plurality of perforations for separating animal's waste from the particulate litter, and a drive mechanism for moving the scoop to remove animal's waste from the bed of particulate litter. The waste-removing operation is carried out by collecting a mixture of animal's waste and particulate litter in the interior of the scoop and moving the scoop in a raised position over the area for holding the bed of particulate litter to allow the collected particulate litter to sift through the perforations in the scoop while retaining animal's waste for disposal into a waste container. The bed of particulate litter may be arbitrarily defined by a plurality of contiguous sections, each of which can be cleaned or processed separately and independently. Two types of retractable partitions are provided to make the waste-removing mechanism inaccessible to the animal during its automatic operation.

An economical, integrated system works in series with anaerobic digestion of animal waste to recover nitrogen and phosphorous, while also scrubbing the produced biogas.

An apparatus and method for treating and reusing the wastewater discharged from agricultural animal farms. The apparatus and method of the present invention is designed to be a zero discharge system in which no wastewater will be discharged or spray irrigated. The wastewater effluent is first passed through a mechanical screen were bulk solids are separated and partially de-watered. The screened effluent is then directed to a primary plastic-lined earthen lagoon where it undergoes aerobic digestion utilizing specially selected bacteria. After treatment in the primary lagoon, the wastewater effluent is used to wash the floors of the hog houses or undergoes a purification phase including solids separation / denitrification, filtration and sterilization. The solids separation / denitrification phase (clarification) preferably takes place in an anoxic environment in preferably above-ground tanks where suspended solids removal will occur as well as denitrification for nitrate reduction. The clarification process may be facilitated through use of polymer addition. The majority of solids will be sent to a plurality of drying beds for de-watering and subsequent removal.

Animal waste such as fecal material from swine, chicken, turkey, and cattle is converted into useful forms such as fertilizer, other types of soil builders, and even nutrient feed additives. Devices, systems, and methods are provided that allow economical conversion and in many instances, alleviate the production and release of undesirable gases such as sulfide and ammonia. In one embodiment, undesirable anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria are killed at a greater rate than desirable soil compatible aerobic bacteria. The use of low temperature killing diminishes off gassing commonly associated with other techniques, and the use of gas trapping additives such as zeolites provides enhanced soil building qualities such as slow release of nitrogen and slow release of moisture to soil. The methods allow convenient adjustment of composition, allowing conversion of waste into tailored designer fertilizer suited for particular soils. Other embodiments provide other soil building qualities as well as nutrient qualities for feedstock used in animal husbandry such as aquaculture.

The invention relates to biological compositions comprising yeast cells that can be added to animal feed which upon ingestion by an animal can reduce the odor of manure produced by the animal. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing the biological compositions, and methods of using the biological compositions as animal feed additives.

Novel methods and apparatuses are disclosed for the treatment of wastewater to reduce, often associated, offensive odors. Irrigation of oxygenated liquid on top of a permeable cover effectively creates an aerobic treatment zone at the top of the lagoon whereby odorous gases being produced anaerobically below the cover are metabolized within this zone before being released to the atmosphere. This same system also serves to increase evaporation from the overall waste handling system therefore substantially reducing or eliminating the need for land application of treated wastewater.

A system, apparatus and method for hydrocarbon extraction from feedstock material that is or includes organic material, such as oil shale, coal, lignite, tar sands, animal waste and biomass. A retort system including at least one retort vessel may include a monolithic dome structure surrounded by a process isolation barrier, the dome structure being sealingly engaged with the process isolation barrier. The dome structure and the process isolation barrier define a retort chamber, at least a portion of which may comprise a subterranean chamber. A lower end of the dome retort structure provides an exit for collected hydrocarbons and spent feedstock material. Systems may include a plurality of such dome retort structures. A control system may be used for controlling one or more operating parameters of a retorting process performed within such a dome retort structure for extraction and collection of hydrocarbons.

Fuels used may be derived from existing waste streams such as animal wastes and streams of discarded or unwanted animal byproducts generated at animal slaughterhouses. A method of processing organic waste products into fuel includes homogenizing the waste products. The waste products are heated and pressurized. Water is removed from the waste products. Selected constituent of the waste products are separated from the waste products into a waste stream. The waste stream is blended with a fuel to form a bio-fuel mixture.

Animal waste collections mats comprising a textured layer, an absorbent layer attached to the textured layer, and an impermeable layer attached to the absorbent layer. The textured layer of the waste collection mat can have one or more physical properties that animals find pleasing or acceptable. The absorbent layer acquires and stores moisture from the textured layer. The impermeable layer provides containment for the waste products in the textured and absorbent layers.

A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and for converting the waste into a usable form is described. The waste contains both liquids and solids. The method includes separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, controlling an amount of moisture in the solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process, and feeding the moisture controlled solid waste into the energy conversion process.

The invention relates to a process for producing organic fertilizers, in particular to a process for producing composts by employing the method of compost fermentation, wherein the process comprises: selecting filthy mud as main fermenting raw materials, adding a conditioner in the filthy mud to adjust the carbon nitrogen ratio between 15 and 30, then adding catalytic bacteria, finally performing compost fermentation, wherein the conditioner is capable of employing castoffs as animal wastes, sawdust, wooden meals, traditional Chinese medicine dregs, straws, leave and the like and the castoffs have rich organic contents. The nutrition composition of organic base material which are fermented is more reasonable via controlling carbon nitrogen ratio in the invention, and the invention uses filthy mud which urgently needs to be handled to replace the conventional night soils and straws to be main raw materials of the composts, changes waste into valuable, and has certain effect for improving urban environment.

A method for producing epoxy plasticizer from refused animal and vegetable oil is carried out by adding refused oil 97-99.8wt% and porous carrier solid acid 0.2-3wt% into reactor, inducing into gas-phase methanol at 95-130degree, agitating for 1-4hrs, esterification reacting, separating out solid acid, adding liquid 70-80wt%, methanol 15-25wt% and solid alkali catalyst 1-5wt% into reactor, agitating at 50-65degree and normal pressure for 0.5-2hrs, separating out to obtain aliphatic acid methoxy-carbonyl, adding hydrogen peroxide 25-5wt%, methane acid 2.5-10wt% and sodium tripolyphosphate 0-1wt% into aliphatic acid methoxy-carbonyl 55-70wt%, agitating for 8-10hrs at 60+-5degree, reacting, separating out acid water, neutralizing, washing and dewatering to obtain the final product. It's simple, cheap and has less consumption.

The invention relates to a method for preparing an organic fertilizer by using plant residues as a raw material. The method comprises the following steps: crushing the raw material to below 20mm, stirring and mixing the broken material with animal wastes or an inorganic fertilizer; controlling the C / N ratio of the mixed materials to be (15-35) to 1 and the pH to be 6-9; adding water, so that the moisture content in the mixed materials in the step (2) is 55-70wt%; adding a first composite microbial agent to ferment; after once fermentation, raising the temperature of windrows to above 50 DEG C; and spraying a water-dispersed second composite microbial agent to ferment for the second time. With plant residues heap corruption (composting) as a biological process for succession of a microbial community, through inoculation of exogenous complex microbial agents, efficient decomposition on agricultural wastes is facilitated; different composite microbial agents are respectively added at different composting stages; and a small amount of additives (animal wastes, urea, ammonium nitrate and the like) are added, so that the composting speed is increased, and the quality of the product organic fertilizer is really improved.

Animal waste is processed to form a biomaterial that is employed as a coating layer for typical fertilizer particles. The biomaterial coating layer can be used neat or with additives and serves to do one or more or any combination of the following: (a) impart a slow or controlled release property to the fertilizer, (b) prevent or reduce the tendency of the fertilizer particles to cake together, or (c) prevent or reduce the tendency of the fertilizer particles to create dust. The biomaterial coating layer can also release nutrients when used as part of a fertilizer composition.

The present invention discloses an animal waste bag dispenser and disposal unit comprising a mounting bracket, a container for holding bags, having a bucket and lid, and a receptacle. The container and receptacle are attached to the mounting bracket by nuts and bolts which extend through apertures positioned along the length of the mounting bracket. Bands wrapping around the mounting bracket through a plurality of notches enable the bracket to be attached to a pole or tree. These bands allow the height of the unit to be adjusted to a convenient level along the pole. The front side of the bucket has an opening through which bags contained inside can be retrieved. The bucket is covered by a lid having a lip which extends downward from the lid over the bucket. The lid prevents the natural elements, namely rain and snow, from seeping into the bucket; thus, the bags contained within the container remain dry and clean. The receptacle has a hollow body and top and bottom caps, thereby enabling the receptacle to be emptied when full.

An animal waste scooping and disposal device with a replaceable disposable bag mounted on the rear of the scooping tray is disclosed. This disposable bag, coupled with the pivoting tray, enables the user to collect several different areas of animal waste before having to change the bag.

Slope surfaces of land can be eroded by rain and wind. It is necessary to vegetate a bared slope surface of land for the purpose of erosion control and environmental conservation. The present invention provides a vegetation base soil composition and a method of growing vegetation on a sloped surface for erosion control and vegetating on cut rock slope surface, such as weathered rock surface and barren soil surface. The vegetation base soil includes peat, bio-solids formed by the treatment of urban sewage, for example water treatment plant sediment, woodchip, bark, animal waste compost and clay or loam. The vegetation base soil with a microbes active material, a root activation fertilizer, an adhesive material and seeds are applied over a mesh that is secured over the sloped surface. Plants are grown in the layer of vegetation base soil.

Biotic fertilizers are described that build soil nutrients by accelerating the growth of topsoil microorganisms Biotic fertilizers are primarily aimed at increasing populations of cyanobacteria, formally known as blue-green algae, and like organisms that have the ability to engage in photosynthesis reand to engage in the extraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere. Methods of biotic fertilizer manufacture are presented that utilize animal waste product as well as desirable compositions obtained thereby.

A composition is provided that includes Bacillus subtilis 2084 (NRRL B-50013) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the Bacillus subtilis 2084 (NRRL B-50013), B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. subtilis 27 (NRRL B-50105), and B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134) or a strain having all of the identifying characteristics of the B. licheniformis 21 (NRRL B-50134). Animal bedding that includes the Bacillus strains is also provided, as well as a method of making the animal bedding. Also provided are methods of controlling odors from animal waste. A method of making a composition including the Bacillus strains is also provided.

A method of treating an animal waste slurry so as to efficiently extract nutrients, and which can be performed in a zero-discharge system, comprises flocculating the slurry, processing, e.g. filtering, the flocculated slurry to separate liquid from solid material, drying the solid material, processing the liquid to extract ammonium, phosphorous and potassium from the slurry, all within 24 hours, and preferably on average within 12 hours, of production of the waste material by animals. Since the urates of potassium and ammonium in the slurry take a few hours to break down, they remain in crystalline form and therefore a larger portion of the total amount of potassium and ammonium in the slurry can be extracted.

An ambient anaerobic digester system for anaerobic digestion of animal waste with biogas production and recovery is provided. The anaerobic digester system includes a substantially flexible bladder for anaerobically digesting the animal waste with biogas production and transmitting the biogas to at least one biogas storage container, biogas use device or a combination thereof. In a preferred form, the substantially flexible bladder has a waste inlet, a digester effluent outlet, one or more sludge access ports and a biogas outlet in a top surface thereof.The anaerobic digester system may inexpensively, simply, reliably, and effectively be used to treat animal waste without energy expenditure and little capital expense, thus minimizing pollution typically caused by animal waste.

The vacuum device for removal of animal waste is a vacuum suction device for the removal and disposal of excretory waste material. The vacuum includes a vacuum housing having opposed ends, with a recess being formed in an upper surface of the suction end. A suction motor is disposed in the housing, and a handle is pivotally attached to the handle end thereof. A disposable waste receptacle is releasably disposed within the recess and defines an intake chamber for receiving the excretory waste material. The intake chamber is in fluid communication with the vacuum housing, and a filter element is mounted within the intake chamber adjacent the attachment end of the receptacle. Upon actuation, the waste material enters the intake chamber, and the waste receptacle and waste material may be removed and disposed of.

A portable solid waste container designed with a central holding chamber. The device features a storage member with a lid that is contained within the chamber. An accessory holding chamber is externally attached to the central holding chamber and is intended to hold a flashlight. A waste bag holding chamber is also externally attached to the central holding chamber and is intended to hold disposable waste bags. The apparatus may be carried by hand by means of an attached handle, or attached to an animal restraining tool, such as a leash or similar device.

An animal waste collection and disposal system having a portable carrying housing with a plurality of separately sealable compartments, an integral ergonomic handle and integral apparatus to mount a leash. The collection and disposal system includes an animal waste collection tongs device having an integral protective shield, and also includes a waste disposal device having a biodegradable bag and a catalyst pouch integral to the bag.

The invention discloses a controlled-release compound pesticide fertilizer. The controlled-release compound pesticide fertilizer is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 60-70 parts of biological fertilizer, 20-30 parts of pesticide fertilizer, 2-5 parts of calcium phosphate, 2-5 parts of magnesium sulfate, 0.5-1 part of zinc sulfate, 0.5-1 part of borax and 0.5-1 part of compound sodium nitrophenolate; the biological fertilizer is formed from the following materials in parts by weight: 30-50 parts of sugarcane molasses alcohol wastewater, 30-50 parts of animal waste, 20-30 parts of bagasse, 20-30 parts of straws and also a fermenting microbial agent accounting for 0.2-5% of the total weight of the materials through microbial fermentation; the pesticide fertilizer is formed by crushing the following materials in parts by weight: 20-30 parts of tea seed cake and 0.5-2 parts of chlorantraniliprole, mixing the materials evenly, pelleting, and coating the granular pesticide fertilizer by using a coating material accounting for 2-10% of the total weight of the materials. The controlled-release compound pesticide fertilizer is scientific in formula, and capable of providing comprehensive nutrition for crops, promoting the growth of the crops and improving the quality of soil, and also has the effects of insect prevention and insect killing; the active ingredients are slowly released in the growth process of the crops, and therefore, the utilization rate of the fertilizer and the pesticide can be increased and the pollution on the environment caused by the pesticide and the fertilizer can be reduced.

The invention discloses a microbial organic compound fertilizer based on plant and animal waste and a preparation method thereof. The microbial organic compound fertilizer based on plant and animal waste comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 40-60 parts of livestock manure, 40-60 parts of plant waste, 40-60 parts of edible fungi waste, 40-60 parts of mineral substance, 5-15 parts of vitamin, and 1-10 parts of a complex microbial agent. According to the invention, the fertilizer can provide sufficient beneficial substances such as organic mineral substance, vitamins and probiotics for crops, can improve soil, prevents diseases, sterilizes, saves social and natural resources and protects the environment as a great amount of waste is utilized to change waste into treasure, and further realizes the recycling economy, thereby being one of the optimal fertilizers for producing pollution-free food, green food and organic food.

Animal waste such as fecal material from swine, chicken, turkey, and cattle is converted into useful forms such as fertilizer, other types of soil builders, and even nutrient feed additives. Devices, systems, and methods are provided that allow economical conversion and in many instances, alleviate the production and release of undesirable gases such as sulfide and ammonia. In one embodiment, undesirable anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria are killed at a greater rate than desirable soil compatible aerobic bacteria. The use of low temperature killing diminishes off gassing commonly associated with other techniques, and the use of gas trapping additives such as zeolites provides enhanced soil building qualities such as slow release of nitrogen and slow release of moisture to soil. The methods allow convenient adjustment of composition, allowing conversion of waste into tailored designer fertilizer suited for particular soils. Other embodiments provide other soil building qualities as well as nutrient qualities for feedstock used in animal husbandry such as aquaculture.

The invention relates to an animal and a static compost hazard-free treatment method of products thereof, belonging to the field of environment protection. The method is characterized by comprising the step of simultaneously mixing carbon source accessories such as dry hay and the like and nitrogen source accessories such as animal wastes and the like with animal carrion and products thereof for composting. Based on the compost construction method, a single-layer or multi-layer construction method is adopted according to animal weight. After compost is constructed, the temperature of the compost is increased to 55 DEG C and maintained for more than 3 days or is increased to 45 DEG C and maintained for 7 days, so that disease microorganisms are inactivated basically. After the compost is constructed, the compost is statically treated and turned after a certain period of time, and the process is repeated until the compost is fermented so that the compost becomes thoroughly decomposed and can be applied. The invention is safe, environmental friendly and economical, and cheap compost accessories easily obtained in villages, such as dry hay, straw, animal wastes and on the like, are used for decomposing the animal carrion; the animal carrion and the products thereof can be thoroughly decomposed and converted into a beneficial green organic plant fertilizer; and a feasible method is provided for an application in animal epidemic outbreaks.

The invention relates to a making technology of a biological organic fertilizer, which belongs to the field of crop straw deep processing, and in particular relates to a method for making the biological organic fertilizer by using rice straws as a main raw material. More specifically, rice straws are adopted as the main raw material; animal wastes and pond sludge are adopted as auxiliary materials; and the main raw material and the auxiliary materials are fermented by EM (Effective Microorganism) strain, which is enlarged in multiple stages, so as to obtain the biological organic fertilizer. The method for making the biological organic fertilizer by using rice straws as the main raw material, provided by the invention, has the advantages of wide raw material source, low price, simple product making process and high beneficial bacteria content in the formed product as well as has the characteristics of increasing soil organic matter, improving the soil structure, promoting the soil microbial activities, enhancing the soil fertility keeping and fertility supplying properties and the like; and the crop yield is also obviously increased, the crop quality is improved and the fertilizer input can be reduced in the product application; therefore, the production cost is reduced and the farmer income is increased.