Machines, processes and methods in relation to processing of waste, in particular food waste or organic waste are provided. Some embodiments of described machines, processes and methods include a drum to receive waste, mixing blades to process waste, a source of air that is rich in reactive oxygen species, an air flow system comprising a heater to circulate air through the drum, and sensors provided in the machine to monitor operating parameters. A control system is configured to control operation of the machine.

Embodiments disclosed herein provide an organic matter processing apparatus and method for the use thereof to convert organic matter into a ground and desiccated product. The organic matter processing apparatus includes a lid assembly that is positioned at the top or head of the processing apparatus and an air treatment system. The lid assembly is operative to open to allow a user to deposit organic matter into the processing apparatus or to remove a removable bucket contained therein. The lid assembly is operative to close and provide an odor containing seal that prevents or substantially mitigates escape of odor. The air treatment system uniformly distributes untreated air through an air treatment chamber to convert the untreated air to treated air, which is exhausted out of the processing apparatus.

Embodiments disclosed herein provide an organic matter processing apparatus and method for the use thereof to convert organic matter into a ground and desiccated product. The organic matter processing apparatus includes a lid assembly that is positioned at the top or head of the processing apparatus and an air treatment system. The lid assembly is operative to open to allow a user to deposit organic matter into the processing apparatus or to remove a removable bucket contained therein. The lid assembly is operative to close and provide an odor containing seal that prevents or substantially mitigates escape of odor. The air treatment system uniformly distributes untreated air through an air treatment chamber to convert the untreated air to treated air, which is exhausted out of the processing apparatus.

Disclosed herein is a process for producing an animal feed having a defined nutritional profile from food waste. The process comprises accumulating successive batches of a plurality of food wastes that have been macerated and dehydrated, every batch of each of the plurality of food wastes having been sourced from the same one of a plurality of categorized producers of food waste and maintained separately at all times from others of the plurality of food wastes; independently mixing each of the accumulated batches of the macerated and dehydrated food wastes to produce a plurality of homogenized ingredients for an animal feed; analysing each of the homogenized ingredients to determine one or more nutritional parameters of the ingredient; and blending two or more of the homogenized ingredients to produce the animal feed having a defined nutritional profile.

The present disclosure relates to a deodorizing filter for external attachment of a food waste disposer, including a housing, a storage tank, and a fan motor, wherein the deodorizing filter includes a filter front part including a front body, an air intake part, and an exhaust part, a filter rear part including a rear body, a divider rib part dividing the internal space between the front body and the rear body into an upper storage space and a lower exhaust space, and activated carbon stored in the upper storage space. Accordingly, by applying expanded polypropylene to the filter rear part exposed to the outside, and having the divider rib part to provide the lower exhaust space in order to facilitate air circulation of the fan motor, it is 10 possible to prevent condensation from occurring even in temperature changes between a food waste disposer and the outside.

A food waste disposal device includes: a treatment chamber including an inlet, a drain part connected to a sink drainpipe, and a byproduct outlet through which byproducts are discharged; a pulverizing transfer part rotatably disposed within the treatment chamber, and configured to grind and transfer an object introduced through the inlet; a storage part configured to store the byproducts discharged through the byproduct outlet; a drain valve configured to adjust an opening degree of the drain part; and a controller configured to control operations of the pulverizing transfer part and the drain valve to perform: in a first mode, an operation of opening the drain valve and rotating the pulverizing transfer part in a first direction to grind and transfer the object introduced through the inlet; and in a second mode, an internal cleaning operation of operating the pulverizing transfer part.

The invention provides a system for pyrolysis, comprising: (i) a gas producer comprising a gasification zone and a producer gas outlet, wherein the gas producer is configured to: oxidise at least one carbon-containing feed in the presence of an oxidising gas in the gasification zone to form a producer gas; and discharge the producer gas from the gasification zone via the producer gas outlet, wherein a residual oxygen content of the producer gas is substantially depleted or maintained below a maximum predetermined amount by controlling a ratio of oxygen fed to the gasification zone to the carbon-containing feed, (ii) a pyrolyzer comprising a pyrolysis zone and one or more pyrolyzer gas outlets, wherein the pyrolyzer is configured to: feed the producer gas discharged from the gasification zone to the pyrolysis zone; pyrolyze a pyrolyzable organic feed in the pyrolysis zone in the presence of the producer gas to produce a carbonaceous pyrolysis product and a gas mixture comprising combustible components comprising pyrolysis gas; and discharge the gas mixture from the pyrolysis zone via the one or more pyrolyzer gas outlets, and (iii) a first combustor comprising a combustion zone, wherein the first combustor is configured to: receive the gas mixture discharged from the pyrolysis zone in the combustion zone; feed an oxygen-containing gas to the combustion zone; and combust at least a portion of the combustible components present in the gas mixture in the combustion zone to produce a combustion product gas.

A food waste disposer includes: a housing; a grinding case positioned inside the housing, configured to grind food waste, and separable from the housing, wherein a discharge hole is formed in a bottom of the grinding case; a valve assembly coupled to the grinding case below the discharge hole and configured to open or close the discharge hole, the valve assembly protruding below the grinding case; a storage case positioned below the grinding case and configured to store the grinded food waste from the grinding case; a transfer tube positioned between the valve assembly and the storage case and configured to transfer the grinded food waste from the grinding case to the storage case; and a connector coupled to the transfer tube, wherein a shape of the connector is deformable upon the valve assembly resting on the connector.

A sludge treatment unit provided in a sludge cycling device for recycling sludge discharged from a food waste treatment device and configured to treat the sludge introduced from the food waste treatment device includes a housing having a plurality of perforations to discharge water from inside to outside thereof, a sludge input hole provided in the housing to pass through from the outside to the inside of the housing to receive the sludge, a dehydrated sludge outlet provided at a side different from the sludge input hole to discharge dehydrated sludge, and a shaft having a shaft body portion provided inside the housing and a spiral blade provided on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body portion, the shaft being rotated by a rotational force received from a motor to move the sludge from the sludge input hole toward the dehydrated sludge outlet.

A desiccator has a grinder. The grinder is configured to receive intake material. A grinder outlet tube connects the grinder to the desiccator assembly. A desiccator assembly is configured to desiccate the intake material. The grinder outlet tube is configured to transfer the intake material from the grinder to the desiccator chamber. An electronic controller controls the operation of the grinder and the desiccator assembly. The grinding blade is mounted above a grinding blade table. The grinding blade is mounted in a grinding chamber of the grinder. The grinding blade is configured to grind the intake material to a small enough size to pass through the grinder outlet tube. The desiccator assembly further includes a desiccator drum rotatably mounted on a drum.