Patent ID: 7685737
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: F26B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A converted material for use as a fertilizer or soil builder, the converted material comprising: a waste material feedstock that has not been exposed to significant composting or digestion that is thermally treated at a temperature of at least 700 degrees F., without significant oxidation and significant pyrolysis and for a sufficient period of time to destroy at least one undesired component present in the waste material feedstock, wherein the at least one undesired component includes at least one of organisms, microorganisms, viable seeds, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, prions and viruses and for a sufficient period of time to render the waste material feedstock self-binding without the addition of non-water agglomerating additives or binders to the waste material feedstock, wherein after the waste material feedstock has been thermally treated, liquid water is added to the waste material feedstock to re-moisturize the waste material feedstock, wherein after the waste material feedstock has been re-moisturized through the addition of liquid water, the waste material feedstock is passed through a pelletizer where the waste material feedstock is re-heated during an extrusion process and portions of the waste material feedstock are bound together to form granules, pellets or prill suitable for conventional dry product handling, transport or use, and wherein the waste material feedstock contains at least one of NOx, SOx, and COx components absorbed or complexed therein as a result of the treatment of the waste material feedstock in the absence of significant oxidation.