Patent ID: 7241615

Claim:
A wet combustion engine for biological conversion of waste to carbon dioxide, water and other combustion products, comprising: a bioproreactor; a diffusion separation membrane having a fibre mesh surface structure and positioned within the bioproactor to define a combustion chamber having an intake end and an exhaust end and a separate life support chamber within said bioproactor; an intake valve in fluid communication with said intake end of said combustion chamber; an outlet valve in fluid communication with said exhaust end of said combustion chamber; an intake reservoir positioned between an intake fuel feed inlet and said intake valve; an exhaust reservoir positioned between an exhaust feed outlet and said exhaust valve; a bio-generator provided in fluid communication with said life support chamber; an advanced aeration supplier provided in fluid communication with said life support chamber for supplying microbubbles of air or oxygen; and wherein said intake valve, said combustion chamber and said exhaust valve form a conduit or channel within said bioproactor.