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Waste treatment system

  • US 6,106,703 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1998
  • Issued: 08/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A waste treatment system for use with a vehicle, the vehicle having an engine with an exhaust manifold, the waste treatment system comprising:

  • a holding tank for holding the waste;

    a conduit line connected to an input source, selected from the group consisting of a head, a galley, a shower, and a bilge tank, and connected to the holding tank, for introducing waste into the holding tank from the input source;

    an overflow line, connected to the input source, for discharging excess contents from the input source;

    at least one macerator, fluid flow connected to the holding tank, for removing the waste from the holding tank and introducing the waste to the exhaust manifold;

    an injector nozzle disposed within the exhaust manifold;

    an injector pump, fluid flow disposed between the macerator and the injector nozzle, for pumping the waste from the at least one macerator to the injector nozzle;

    a first sensor disposed within the holding tank;

    a second sensor disposed within the bilge tank;

    an overflow valve, fluid flow connected to the overflow line; and

    a control module connected to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the overflow valve for monitoring the parameters of the first sensor and the second sensor and controlling the overflow valve based on the parameters.

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