System and process for producing animal feed from food waste
Filing Information
- Patent Number: US6635297
- Application Number: US9981261
- Filing date: 10/16/2001
- Issue date: 10/21/2003
- Prior Publication Data:
- US20030072861 - 04/17/2003
- Predicted expiration date: 11/12/2021
- Patent term adjustment: 27
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analyzing 100 million+ documents to uncover your network...- U.S. Classifications: 426/531 · 426/635 · 426/630 · 426/807 · 426/623 ·
- International Classifications: --
- International Classifications: 426531 · 426623 · 426630 · 426635 · 426807 ·
Abstract
A process is provided for producing animal feed from food waste by providing a dry, pelletized, fibrous organic material. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of thickening/dewatering solids that contain substantial amounts of moisture, e.g., ground food waste.References Cited
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Independent Claims | See all claims (14)
- 1. A process for producing animal feed from food waste, consisting essentially of the steps of: (a) shredding of the food waste, resulting in ground food waste; (b) thickening of the ground food waste through the use of an amount, effective for the purpose, of an agglomerating polymer and a synthetic organic flocculant, resulting in a low moisture product and a separate liquid phase; (c) adding a dry carrier to the thickened ground food waste, followed by extrusion of the thickened ground food waste and evaporation of residual moisture to produce dried food pellets; and (d) treating the liquid phase so as to provide a high purity effluent for recycling.
- 8. A process for producing animal feed from food waste, comprising the steps of: (a) shredding of the food waste, resulting in ground food waste; (b) thickening of the ground food waste through the use of an amount, effective for the purpose, of an agglomerating polymer and a synthetic organic flocculant, resulting in a low moisture product and a separate liquid phase; (c) adding a dry carrier to the thickened ground food waste, followed by extrusion of the thickened ground food waste and evaporation of residual moisture to produce dried food pellets; and (d) treating the liquid phase so as to provide a high purity effluent for recycling, wherein the pH of the process is about 8-9.
