Patent ID: 7833667

Claim:
A method for the conversion of organic waste, wherein the waste is introduced into a cell in which a pair of electrodes is present, which pair of electrodes comprises at least one anode and at least one cathode, the anode and cathode being separated by a porous, electronically non-conductive, non-ion-selective partition wall, while an oxidizer is introduced into the portion of the cell around the cathode, and wherein a potential difference is formed across said pair of electrodes such that at the anode CO 2 is produced and that electricity is produced, and the porous, electronically non-conductive, non-ion-selective partition wall is partitioned so as to form at least one anaerobic compartment and at least one aerobic compartment, wherein the cell is a bipolar fuel cell in which two or more pairs of electrodes are located, each pair of electrodes comprising one anode and one cathode, the anode and cathode of each pair of electrodes being interconnected by an electronically conductive and non-ionic conductive wall, while the porous, electronically non-conductive, non-ion-selective partition wall of a at least two types of compartments provides at least two types of channels, the open space of the first type of channel being in electrically conductive contact with the cathode and the open space of the second type of channel being in electronically conductive contact with the anode.