Patent ID: 8475718
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A47K,A61L,E03D,F23G,Y02A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In an animal feeding operation retrofitted for deodorizing air in a vicinity thereof, the operation having a substantially enclosed space and a flow connected waste reservoir pit for holding solid and liquid waste, the waste reservoir pit being located below and being open to the animal feeding operation and receiving the solid and liquid waste from the operation, the improvement comprising: a) a unit having a flameless heater that performs an oxidation reaction; b) a gas-flow conduit, the conduit gas-flow connected to the reservoir pit at a first end thereof and directly attached to the unit at a second end thereof, the conduit being open only at the first and second ends thereof, the conduit gas flow connecting the air out of the pit to the heater, the heater being in gas flow communication with the substantially enclosed space; and c) an out-gas conduit attached to the unit and flow connected with the heater, the out-gas conduit configured for emitting deodorized gasses from the heater into the air in a vicinity of the animal feeding operation.