Patent ID: 8365433
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: C05F,C10B,F26B,Y02A,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating organic waste comprising: a vessel having a hermetically sealable introduction port and discharge port, and adapted to hold organic waste introduced therein through the introduction port; stirring means adapted to stir the organic waste held in the vessel; steam supply means for supplying high-temperature, high-pressure steam to the vessel; heating means adapted to heat the organic waste held in the vessel; and evacuation means adapted to evacuate the vessel, under conditions where the organic waste is held inside the vessel and the introduction port and discharge port are hermetically sealed; the apparatus being constituted to be able to carry out selectively either decomposition treatment whereby the organic waste held in the hermetically sealed vessel is brought into contact with the high-temperature, high-pressure steam to bring about hydrolysis and pyrolysis while being stirred, or vacuum drying treatment whereby with the hermetically sealed vessel interior having been evacuated the organic waste held in the hermetically sealed vessel is heated and dried while being stirred; and to be able to carry out both the decomposition treatment and the vacuum drying treatment in succession.