Patent ID: 8003833
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B01D,B04B,C02F,C05B,C05F,C10B,C10G,Y02A,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A process for converting a feedstock into at least one useful material, comprising: preparing a slurry from the feedstock, wherein the feedstock includes animal processing waste; heating the slurry to a first temperature sufficient to breakdown components of the slurry at a pressure above the saturation pressure of water in the slurry to produce a conditioned slurry reacting the conditioned slurry in a reaction at a second, higher temperature ranging from about 150° C. to about 330° C. sufficient to hydrolyze materials in the conditioned slurry to produce a reacted feed comprising at least one reacted solid product, and at least one reacted liquid product, the reacted liquid product comprising a liquid mixture of carbon-containing species and produced water containing solubles, the pressure in said reaction being at least at the saturation pressure of water in the conditioned slurry; separating said at least one reacted solid product, said produced water, and said liquid mixture from said reacted feed; and converting said liquid mixture into at least one useful material.