Patent ID: 7882646

Claim:
A method for reducing atmospheric release of emission gases from a manufacturing operation comprising: generating a non-gaseous waste material feedstock at an operation that produces operation emission gases; enclosing at least a portion of the operation that produces the operation emission gases to contain the operation emission gases; enclosing the non-gaseous waste material feedstock at a storage location to contain vapors generated by the stored non-gaseous waste material feedstock; directing at least a portion of the operation emission gases to a combustion air intake of a gas turbine, oil or gas burner or a reciprocating engine; directing at least a portion of the vapors from the storage location to the combustion air intake of the gas turbine, oil or gas burner or reciprocating engine; directing the non-gaseous waste material feedstock from the storage location to a dryer, wherein the non-gaseous waste material feedstock undergoes no digestion or minimal digestion before being directed to the dryer; and directing combustion exhaust gases from the gas turbine, burner or engine directly to the dryer vessel for drying or treating the non-gaseous waste material feedstock, wherein the combustion exhaust gases do not pass through an intermediate heat exchanger before directly contacting the non-gaseous waste material feedstock.