Patent ID: 6013177
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: C02F,C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
A device for decontaminating compostable material comprising:a vertical silo within which are a plurality of discrete levels without separating partitions, each level having at least one air inlet pipe and at least one air inlet pipe and at least one air extraction tube;a central shaft in communication with each of said at least one air extraction tube through which air may travel;each of said air inlet pipes further comprises a circular piping located at the interior circumference of said each level, wherein said circular piping further comprises apertures in the lower portion thereof, said apertures of sufficient size and number so as to direct air traveling through said inlet pipe and said circular piping to exit said central shaft by way of a parabolic path through said compostable material; andeach of said levels having a plurality of monitors.