The present invention relates to insect-based biowaste processing apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a substantially continuous insect-based biowaste processor that comprises a tubular drum having a longitudinal axis and an interior; a drive for rotatably driving said drum about said axis; a shaftless screw conveyor fixedly connected to an inner surface of said drum; a plurality of circumferentially spaced cantilevered blades that are connected to said inner drum surface and that each longitudinally extend throughout said drum; and means for introducing a conglomerate portion that includes biowaste and insect larvae into said drum interior, wherein said screw conveyor is subdivided into a plurality of longitudinally spaced rearing chambers for the introduced insect larvae, each of said rearing chambers being defined by two longitudinally adjacent flights of said screw conveyor and by said circumferentially spaced cantilevered blades and within which insect larvae of a substantially uniform developmental stage are retained, wherein two or more of said circumferentially spaced cantilevered blades are configured to firmly hold and unify said conglomerate portion at any given instance throughout its residing time within said drum interior while being distally conveyed, and wherein the insect larvae are progressively more developed within a more distally located rearing chamber.

A method for producing a biofuel by continuous or discontinuous steam cracking of lignocellulosic biomass includes: —recording a digital model of the optimal steam cracking parameters as a function of the nature and the content of the contaminants; —introducing a biomass containing at least part of the contaminated biomass into the steam cracking reactor; —measuring at least once during the treatment the nature and content of the contaminants; and —controlling the adjustment of the steam cracking parameters as a function of the nature and the content of the measured contaminants and of the digital model.

Provided is a method for removing a linear object, a device for removing a linear object, and a method for processing electronic/electrical equipment component waste, which can improve separation efficiency. The method for removing linear objects including: arranging a plurality of filters 3 in a vibrating sieve machine 1 such that the filters 3 are adjacent to each other so as to partially overlap with each other in a feed direction of a raw material, each of the filters 3 comprising a plurality of rods 2 extending at distances in the feed direction of the raw material and a beam portion 21 supporting the plurality of rods 1 at one ends of the plurality of the rods 2, the other ends of the plurality of the rods 2 being free ends; arranging a guide 6 below a tip of one of the filters 3 located on a most downstream side in the feed direction; feeding the raw material containing at least linear objects and plate-form objects into the vibrating sieve machine 1; and sorting the linear objects and the plate-form objects by vibrating the filters 3, sieving the linear objects to an under-sieve side of the vibrating sieve machine 1, and capturing lumpy linear objects with the guide.

A system for processing a waste lithium-ion battery includes: a first aqueous solution generator that includes a first elution tank storing water, and that immerses an active material taken out from the waste lithium-ion battery in the water in the first elution tank and subjects the active material to carbon dioxide bubbling in the first elution tank to generate an aqueous solution of pH 5.5 to 8.5, in which lithium contained in the active material is eluted; a first solid-liquid separator that removes a solid component from the aqueous solution generated by the first aqueous solution generator; a first crystallizer that causes lithium carbonate to be deposited from the aqueous solution, from which the solid component has been removed by the first solid-liquid separator; and a second solid-liquid separator that performs solid-liquid separation on slurry containing the lithium carbonate deposited in the first crystallizer to take out the lithium carbonate.

The present disclosure discloses a novel composition for transforming a non-biodegradable material into a decomposable material. In one embodiment, the non-biodegradable material may be plastic. The composition comprises a carbonate or a bicarbonate compound, a plant extract, a hydrating agent, and a coloring agent. The carbonate or bicarbonate compound, the plant extract and the hydrating agent are mixed in a predetermined ratio by weight along with the coloring agent and maintained in an aqueous medium. In one embodiment, the novel composition is applied on the non-biodegradable material to degrade it into a decomposable form. In another embodiment, the novel composition is mixed with the non-biodegradable material to degrade it into a decomposable form.

The invention relates to body processing apparatus including a first water tank and a body processing chamber, in fluid connection, and adapted to receive a dead body. An additive treatment means is included to add to the body processing chamber or to the water used, during the process. At least one second water tank is included for receiving water from 5 the body processing chamber, through a fluid connection therewith, and also a water cleaning system, in fluid connection with the second water tank. The body is placed within the body treatment chamber, additives are added, water enters from the first water tank and processing occurs until the body breaks down, after which the water is drained to the second water tank and enters the water cleaning system for cleaning. The invention also 10 relates to variants thereon and methods of use.

A method of at least partially breaking down a material or product item or combination of material or product items. The method includes the steps of introducing said material or product item or combination of material or product items into a treatment vessel, introducing at least one working fluid into the treatment vessel, repeatedly increasing pressure on the material or product item or combination of material or product items in said treatment vessel to above atmospheric pressure and then subsequently depressurising the material or product item or combination of material or product items in the treatment vessel to achieve a pressure reduction in the vessel to effect at least partial breakdown of said material or product item or combination of material or product items.

A method of at least partially breaking down a material or product item or combination of material or product items. The method includes the steps of introducing said material or product item or combination of material or product items into a treatment vessel, introducing at least one working fluid into the treatment vessel, repeatedly increasing pressure on the material or product item or combination of material or product items in said treatment vessel to above atmospheric pressure and then subsequently depressurising the material or product item or combination of material or product items in the treatment vessel to achieve a pressure reduction in the vessel to effect at least partial breakdown of said material or product item or combination of material or product items.

Concrete may be melted to form a glass product. Methods and batch compositions including concrete may be used to produce amorphous silica materials including, but not limited to, glass, container glass, fiber glass, glass bead, glass spheres, sheet or plate glass, glass aggregate, glass sand, abrasives, proppants, foamed glass, and manufactured glass articles. The initial processing steps include preparing a melt batch comprising concrete and, optionally, other components, melting the melt batch, and cooling the melted melt batch. Further processing steps may be utilized to produce the glass article.

Provided is a used paper diaper processing apparatus in which a water absorption function of a superabsorbent polymer that absorbs water contained in excrement is lowered and water is removed by mixing the superabsorbent polymer and a chemical containing divalent metal ions in an outer tank, and in which weight is reduced by dehydration after an amount of water contained in a used paper diaper is lowered. In the apparatus, a lower portion of the outer tank can be opened and closed, so that weight reduction processing and a series of operations including taking-out are possible. Since an operator is not required to take out the used paper diaper after processing directly from the outer tank, it is possible to reduce work and hygiene burdens on the operator.