Patent ID: 7426891

Claim:
A system for converting animal waste and/or by-products thereof into an environmentally friendly energy source in combination comprising: a waste product; a first waste transfer means; a grinder/dehydration system; a second waste transfer means; a hopper; a third waste transfer means; a holding container; a waste receiving means; an air/fuel regulator means; and a combustion heat generator; said air/fuel regulator means comprising: an air compressor; an air control valve; an air controlled venturi nozzle; a by-pass control valve; a fuel tank; a fuel pump; and a pressure atomizing nozzle; said air compressor is connected in-line via an air hose to said air control valve for delivering compressed air thereto, said air control valve being connected in-line via an input tube to said air controlled venturi nozzle for delivering regulated air thereto, said holding container being connected in-line via said waste receiving means to said air controlled venturi nozzle for delivering pre-treated said waste product thereto, said fuel tank being connected in-line via a fuel line to said fuel pump for delivering fuel thereto, said fuel pump being connected in-line via a fuel inlet tube to said pressure atomizing nozzle for delivering regulated said fuel thereto, said fuel tank being connected in-line via a fuel input tube to said by-pass control valve for delivering said regulated fuel thereto, and said by-pass control valve being connected in-line via a fuel delivery line to said pressure atomizing nozzle for delivering said regulated fuel thereto, upon initial startup said waste product is delivered via said first waste transfer means into said grinder/dehydration system wherein said waste product is transformed into a finely ground dehydrated powder material which is then transferred via said second waste transfer means into said hopper, said finely ground dehydrated powder material is then diverted via said third waste transfer means into said holding container and said finely ground dehydrated powder material is then directed from said holding container via said waste receiving means into said air/fuel regulator means for final processing within said combustion heat generator.