A method of treating fecal waste according to an example of the present disclosure includes bringing a reactor containing fecal matter to a first temperature and a first pressure, exposing the reactor to an environment with a second temperature and a second pressure such that the water in the fecal waste undergoes flash evaporation, and pyrolizing the fecal waste. A fecal waste processing unit is also disclosed.

A mechanical press is provided that utilizes linear actuation driven by an electric power source and two opposing horizontal platform mounted press plates, an upper fixed plate and a lower traveling plate arranged vertically and tracked via vertical track posts to press resin, oils, extracts, or compounds from a raw plant material. The press plates are heated during press operation and function to heat and melt the desired plant products and the force from the press plates squeezes the melted materials out of the plant and onto a parchment paper or into a melt groove to flow to a collection tray.

A press plate block is provided and has capacity to conduct and transfer heat, a mounting interface for mounting the block onto a press machine, a press surface defining a press footprint the press surface elevated above the rest of the top surface area and having a peripheral edge, a first and second interface for accepting heating and temperature sensing components, a first radiused groove disposed adjacently to the peripheral edge of the press surface and a second radiused groove disposed orthogonally to the first groove, the second groove intersecting the first groove at a lower elevation, the second groove breaking out of the block at one end of the block.

A press plate block is provided and has capacity to conduct and transfer heat, a mounting interface for mounting the block onto a press machine, a press surface defining a press footprint the press surface elevated above the rest of the top surface area and having a peripheral edge, a first and second interface for accepting heating and temperature sensing components, a first radiused groove disposed adjacently to the peripheral edge of the press surface and a second radiused groove disposed orthogonally to the first groove, the second groove intersecting the first groove at a lower elevation, the second groove breaking out of the block at one end of the block.

An improved lemon squeezer includes a stand. The stand has a footprint that extends outward from the front of the stand. The stand defines a top and a bottom plate. The bottom plate is a plate that defines a plurality of depression and it defines a fluid receiving a cavity. The top plate defines a plurality of protrusions that insert within the bottom plates depressions when the plates are squeezed together via a lever mechanism that is attached to the top plate.

An improved lemon squeezer includes a stand. The stand has a footprint that extends outward from the front of the stand. The stand defines a top and a bottom plate. The bottom plate is a plate that defines a plurality of depression and it defines a fluid receiving a cavity. The top plate defines a plurality of protrusions that insert within the bottom plates depressions when the plates are squeezed together via a lever mechanism that is attached to the top plate.

A system and process for separating organic material from solid waste such as material recovery facility (MRF) fines is disclosed. The fines are treated in a press, in which the fines are compressed against a wall having a set of holes. The fines are mixed with a substantial amount of water before being pressed. The water increases the amount of organic matter that is recovered from the fines. A wet fraction, extruded through the holes of the press, may be treated in an anaerobic digester.

A system and process for separating organic material from solid waste such as material recovery facility (MRF) fines is disclosed. The fines are treated in a press, in which the fines are compressed against a wall having a set of holes. The fines are mixed with a substantial amount of water before being pressed. The water increases the amount of organic matter that is recovered from the fines. A wet fraction, extruded through the holes of the press, may be treated in an anaerobic digester.

A fruit press for citrus fruits may have a press head which carries out a press stroke and which may have two receiving dies arranged on both sides of a knife, and may be pivotable in opposite directions via parallel shafts between an upper receiving position and a lower pressing position for one half-fruit each. The fruit press may include two sliding guides for the half-fruits extending on both sides of the knife and following the outer orbital path of the receiving dies, and may further include punches which are associated with the press head and which, in the lower press position of the press head, cooperate with the receiving dies. The sliding guides may have flexurally elastic slideways which project into the effective region of the punches and which may be bent out into the receiving dies by the punches during the pressing stroke.

A fruit press for citrus fruits may have a press head which carries out a press stroke and which may have two receiving dies arranged on both sides of a knife, and may be pivotable in opposite directions via parallel shafts between an upper receiving position and a lower pressing position for one half-fruit each. The fruit press may include two sliding guides for the half-fruits extending on both sides of the knife and following the outer orbital path of the receiving dies, and may further include punches which are associated with the press head and which, in the lower press position of the press head, cooperate with the receiving dies. The sliding guides may have flexurally elastic slideways which project into the effective region of the punches and which may be bent out into the receiving dies by the punches during the pressing stroke.