Organic Soup Fat Extraction With Multi-Stage Purification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for extracting fat from organic waste are limited in quality and applicability, failing to produce high-quality fat suitable for biofuels and are not adaptable to all types of organic waste, often requiring separate collection and treatment of waste categories.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a phase separator module, light residues separation module, and storage and sedimentation module, along with a process involving heating and physical separation techniques, to extract fat from an organic soup produced from various types of organic waste, ensuring high yield and quality suitable for biofuels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional fat extraction methods are used on organic waste, then fat can be extracted, but the quality of extracted fat is insufficient for biofuel applications
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction process is divided into multiple sequential stages: initial fat extraction, filtration through various media (mesh filters, activated carbon, silica gel), and progressive purification steps. Each stage targets specific impurities, with the fat passing through increasingly refined separation media to remove contaminants of different sizes and types, ultimately achieving biofuel-grade quality
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a universal extraction system that handles diverse organic waste types (food waste, agricultural residues, animal by-products) through a standardized multi-stage process. The same sequence of extraction, filtration, and purification steps applies regardless of the specific waste input, making the system adaptable to all organic materials while consistently producing high-quality fat
2Reliability
If waste is sorted and segregated by category, then each waste type can be treated appropriately, but the process complexity and collection requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction system is designed as a universal platform that accepts mixed organic waste categories without requiring pre-sorting. The multi-stage purification process automatically adapts to different waste types, using the same equipment and procedural sequence for food waste, agricultural residues, and animal by-products, thereby eliminating complex collection and segregation infrastructure
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple separation stages are implemented, then fat quality improves, but the processing time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous operation where fat extracted in one stage is immediately fed into the next purification stage without interruption. The multi-stage filtration process (mesh filters → activated carbon → silica gel) operates as a continuous flow system, eliminating idle time between stages and maintaining constant productive action throughout the entire purification sequence
Solution Approach 2:
The extraction process begins with preliminary粗 extraction using less selective media that quickly remove bulk impurities, preparing the fat for subsequent finer purification steps. This preliminary separation reduces the burden on later stages, allowing them to focus on removing trace contaminants and achieving high purity more efficiently
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The method achieves fat extraction yields of at least 75%, with the extracted fat meeting SAF manufacturers' specifications, suitable for biofuel, chemical, and energy applications, while maintaining the organic waste's biogas production potential.
Implementation Method 1
a) a phase separator module configured to separate fat from materials of higher density present in the organic soup
Implementation Method 2
a press configured to apply a pressure onto the light residues to collect the residual fat
Implementation Method 3
c) a storage and sedimentation module, configured to allow the separation of fat from the residual fraction
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AI summary
The present invention belongs to the field of biowaste valorization and pertains to devices and methods for extracting fat from an organic soup obtained from any type of biowaste. The present invention also pertains to devices and methods for fat extraction, wherein said fat extraction is performed downstream of a step for preparing an organic soup and/or upstream of a step for anaerobic digestion. In addition, the present invention concerns a method for fat extraction, wherein said method can be used for obtaining fat appropriate for use in biofuel industry, chemical industry, animal feed manufacturing, agriculture and energy production.