Patent ID: 9125962
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61L,B01F,B09B,C10L,F26B

Abstract:
1. A method of processing solid waste products in a vessel, said vessel including a valve, said method comprising: loading the vessel with a charge of solid waste products along the bottom of said vessel; sealing the vessel; introducing steam into said vessel so as to pressurize said vessel; rotating said vessel so as to cause said charge of solid waste products to be moved from the bottom of said vessel to toward the top of said vessel, whereby some of said steam contacts said solid waste products and condenses as liquid water within said vessel; periodically halting the rotation of said vessel such that said solid waste products settle to the bottom of said vessel and said liquid water forms a water line within said vessel and such that said valve is disposed below said water line, and opening said valve from the outside of said vessel and removing aliquots of said liquid water from said vessel while said vessel is pressurized; and thereafter depressurizing the vessel and unloading the processed solid waste therefrom.