Bioreactor system and method
First Claim
1. A bioreactor system for recycling biodegradable wastes, comprising:
- a. a bioreactor body vessel having a vessel volume, said volume is divided into an upper chamber to receive said biodegradable wastes, a middle chamber to receive a filtered biodegradable waste generated in the upper chamber, and a lower chamber to receive a liquid waste generated in the middle chamber;
b. a perforated plate separator to separate said upper chamber from said middle chamber and a concaved or a conical separator to separate said middle chamber from said lower chamber;
c. a mixing agitation module having a chisel plow agitator installed in the upper chamber and an oblique cone agitator installed in the middle chamber to provide a harmonized mixing;
d. an aeration module installed in the middle chamber, said aeration module comprises of a plurality of perforated pipes fixed on an upper surface of said concaved or conical lower separator;
e. a heating module installed in the lower chamber to heat said liquid waste and kill pathogen microbes and weed seeds of said liquid waste;
f. an extension having an upper volume having an inlet port to receive said liquid waste from said lower chamber, a middle volume filled with a bio-filter media, and a lower volume having a second aeration module;
g. a plurality of inlet and outlet ports;
h. a plurality of temperature sensors installed inside both said body vessel and said extension and connected to a central control unit, said temperature sensors generating temperature-data; and
i. said central control unit to control said modules for heating, aeration and agitation in said system,whereby said system degrades said biodegradable wastes into a usable liquid in continuous manner.
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Abstract
The present invention is a composting bioreactor system that continually receives biodegradable solid wastes, waste waters and exhaust gases, automatically recycles the biodegradable wastes into nutrients and heat energy, and automatically supplies the nutrients and heat into an integrated hydroponic or aquaponic system. This invention together with integrated food growing system may be installed onsite such as balconies, backyards and premises of restaurants and food factories etc. therefore may lead to zero mileage targets both for recycling wastes and for supplying foods. This invention integrates composting process and aquaponic technology together and may establish a closed-loop recirculation of both water and gases therefore upgrades aquaponics into compoponics. A compoponic system has both soil and soilless growing beds and mimics nature recirculating nutrients, carbon and energy among human being, animals, microorganisms and plants by way of photosynthesis, slow burning by cellular respiration and burning by combustion.
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20 Claims
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1. A bioreactor system for recycling biodegradable wastes, comprising:
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a. a bioreactor body vessel having a vessel volume, said volume is divided into an upper chamber to receive said biodegradable wastes, a middle chamber to receive a filtered biodegradable waste generated in the upper chamber, and a lower chamber to receive a liquid waste generated in the middle chamber; b. a perforated plate separator to separate said upper chamber from said middle chamber and a concaved or a conical separator to separate said middle chamber from said lower chamber; c. a mixing agitation module having a chisel plow agitator installed in the upper chamber and an oblique cone agitator installed in the middle chamber to provide a harmonized mixing; d. an aeration module installed in the middle chamber, said aeration module comprises of a plurality of perforated pipes fixed on an upper surface of said concaved or conical lower separator; e. a heating module installed in the lower chamber to heat said liquid waste and kill pathogen microbes and weed seeds of said liquid waste; f. an extension having an upper volume having an inlet port to receive said liquid waste from said lower chamber, a middle volume filled with a bio-filter media, and a lower volume having a second aeration module; g. a plurality of inlet and outlet ports; h. a plurality of temperature sensors installed inside both said body vessel and said extension and connected to a central control unit, said temperature sensors generating temperature-data; and i. said central control unit to control said modules for heating, aeration and agitation in said system, whereby said system degrades said biodegradable wastes into a usable liquid in continuous manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A bioreactor system for recycling biodegradable wastes, comprising:
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a. a bioreactor body vessel having a vessel volume, said volume is divided into an upper chamber to receive said biodegradable wastes, a middle chamber to receive a filtered biodegradable waste generated in the upper chamber, and a lower chamber to receive a liquid waste generated in the middle chamber; b. a perforated plate separator to separate said upper chamber from said middle chamber and a concaved or a conical separator to separate said middle chamber from said lower chamber; c. an aeration module installed for the middle chamber, said aeration module comprises of a plurality of airlift pumps to generate a swirling vortex in the middle chamber; d. a mixing agitation module having a chisel plow agitator installed in the upper chamber to provide a harmonized mixing, and a vortex flower turbine installed in the middle chamber and driven by said swirling vortex in the middle chamber to provide necessary torque for driving said chisel plow agitator; e. a heating module installed in the lower chamber to heat said liquid waste and kill pathogen microbes and weed seeds of said liquid waste; f. an extension having an upper volume having an inlet port to receive said liquid waste from said lower chamber, a middle volume filled with a bio-filter media, and a lower volume having a second aeration module; g. a plurality of inlet and outlet ports; h. a plurality of temperature sensors installed both inside said body vessel and inside said extension and connected into a central control unit, said temperature sensors generating temperature-data; and i. said central control unit to control said modules for heating, aeration and agitation in said system, whereby said system degrades said biodegradable wastes into a usable liquid in continuous manner. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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