Patent ID: 6200475
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A23K,B09B,C05F,C12M,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
A method of converting organic waste by thermophilic fermentation, comprising steps of;(a) providing a predetermined amount of porous material as a fermentation medium, wherein a predetermined amount of thermophilic microorganisms is provided in said porous material and said thermophilic microorgaanism are one or more members selected from the group comprising thermophilic Actinomycetales, thermophilic Pseudomonadales, thermophilic Eubacteriales, and thermophilic fungi;(b) mixing said porous material wit an organic waste that naturally contains microorganisms in a mixing digester to form a waste mixture(c) heating said waste mixture to a thermophilic temperature between 45.degree. C. and 100.degree. C. by providing an extemal heat source to transfer heat into said waste mixture;(d) maintaining said thermophilic temperature between 45.degree. C. and 100.degree. C. for microblid symbiosis and mutualism reaction between said porous material and said microorganisms naturally contained in said organic waste so as to continuously proliferate and grow beneficial thermophilic microoranIsms inside said porous material; and(e) allowing said microbial symbiosis and mutualism reacfion to accelerate a speed of a fermentation and decomposition of said organic waste until said organic waste is converted into a useful end product within a predetermined period of time.