Patent ID: 11891321
Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 13:
14. A modular system comprising: a support structure; a waste treatment modular unit including: a buffer tank configured to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste; a first reactor tank configured as an anaerobic digester that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, wherein the first reactor tank is configured to facilitate at least one of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, and acetogenesis to form organic acids and alcohols; a second reactor tank configured as an anaerobic digester that receives digested waste from the first reactor tank, wherein the second reactor tank is configured to facilitate methanogenesis; a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the second reactor tank to produce a permeate; and a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module; a pump modular unit having a plurality of pumps configured to pump waste through the waste treatment modular unit; and a control modular unit configured to monitor a flow of waste and to control the pump modular unit to control the flow of waste through the waste treatment modular unit.