Patent ID: 6627434
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
An apparatus for composting source material comprising:(a) a moveable, sealable container having a base and sidewalls defining a central cavity, a perforated floor within said first cavity, and first and second gas-permeable ports; (b) an aerating means for actively transporting a gaseous material through said first and second gas-permeable ports; (c) insulation encompassing said first cavity, whereby a temperature within said first cavity is consistent throughout all points within said cavity, whereby a pathogenic destruction may be reliably performed throughout said first cavity without regard to specific location therein; (d) conduits to conduct said gaseous material to said sealable container and out of said sealable container; (e) at least one damper within said conduits for allowing or restricting said gaseous material transport; (f) an air pressure sensor for sensing a condition within said composting apparatus having multiple inputs distributed at sufficiently spaced points within said conduits to be unaffected by common turbulence; and (g) a control means for controlling said at least one damper responsive to said sensed condition whereby said allowing or restricting of said gaseous transport may be controlled by said control means; whereby, when said apparatus for composting contains source material, said gaseous material is actively transported from one of said first and second gas-permeable ports, through said perforated floor evenly through said source material, and subsequently through the other of said first and second gas-permeable ports.