Patent ID: 7552688

Claim:
An apparatus for processing manure comprising: a hopper adapted to meter a manure feedstock, a dryer adapted to dry said manure feedstock received from the hopper and having a dryer input air temperature in the range of between about 600-1000° F., a cyclone adapted to receive drying air and dried manure from the dryer, and to separate and discharge dried manure product, and vent exhaust gases and any entrained dust and other particulates, a furnace adapted to burn dried manure discharged from the cyclone at a temperature in the range of about 1200-1400° F. and provide heated gas to the dryer as required, an ambient air supply duct for providing ambient air to mix with the high temperature furnace output gas to provide the required input air to the dryer, one or more members selected from the group consisting of a wet scrubber and an oxidation trench each adapted to remove particulate from the exhaust, one or more lagoons each adapted to receive warm waste water product from one or more of the scrubber, the oxidation trench and/or exhaust from the cyclone to aid in aerobic digestive process, and a blower for drawing air through the dryer and the cyclone and transferring exhaust gas to at least one of the wet scrubber, oxidation trench or lagoon, wherein at least one portion of the dried manure product additionally comprises at least one of a suitable livestock bedding product, a suitable soil amendment/conditioner product, and a suitable dry manure product to be blended with at least one of wet manure feedstock and/or a biomass to provide a manure feedstock having a water content of around 30% to 50%.