Patent ID: 6783677
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: C02F,C12M,Y02E

Abstract:
An anaerobic digester for digesting a slurry of organic waste comprising:a tank having a vertical outer side wall and a vertical lower inner wall, said outer wall and inner wall each having a top surface, a first radiant heating floor between said outer wall and a first side of said inner wall forming a first chamber and a second radiant heating floor between said outer wall and a second and opposite side of said inner wall forming a second chamber, said first radiant heating floor maintaining said slurry in said first chamber at a first temperature and said second radiant heating floor maintaining said slurry in said second chamber at a second temperature; an inlet pipe for delivering said slurry to a lower portion of said first chamber and a outlet pipe for removing digested slurry from a lower portion of said second chamber, said slurry maintained at a depth that is greater than a height of said inner wall; and a gas collection chamber sealed to said tank along the length of said upper surface of said outer wall.