In a method for producing pyrolysis oil, pyrolysis gas and pyrolysis coke, a starting material substantially comprising biomass is supplied to the upper region of a pyrolysis reactor. The latter has a substantially vertically arranged reactor chamber, which is substantially tubular. The reaction chamber then contains a bed of bulk material that comprises the starting material to be pyrolyzed and, optionally, the pyrolysis coke. This bulk material is thermally treated in the pyrolysis reactor, where the pyrolysis coke, the pyrolysis gases and the pyrolysis vapors are formed from the starting material to be pyrolyzed, and where the bulk material, the pyrolysis gases and the pyrolysis vapors are guided through the reaction chamber from top to bottom. The movement of the bulk material is caused substantially by gravity and the movement of the pyrolysis gases and pyrolysis vapors by the gas pressure building up.

An agricultural processing system includes a process that uses water and produces wastewater having insoluble solids, a pump configured to receive and pressurize the wastewater from the process, and a plurality of centrifugal separators connected in parallel and configured to receive the wastewater from the pump. The separators are each configured to separate out the insoluble solids from the wastewater to produce a cleaned wastewater.

Compositions and methods for removing phosphates, nitrates and heavy metals from aqueous solutions.

A method for processing animal products, in particular products from poultry farming, includes: a) chemically treating by placing collected waste in contact with an ammonia-based buffer with a pH of at least 8; b) heating the material resulting from step a) in a humid medium to a temperature of at least 70 C.; c) separating the organic matter and inorganic matter in the presence of water from the material resulting from step b), then separated collection of (i) the liquid fraction having the inorganic matter, and (ii) the solid fraction having the organic matter; and d) adding the liquid fraction resulting from step c (ii), having the inorganic matter, in a basin filled with water held in a controlled manner at a setpoint temperature ranging from 20 C. to 42 C., preferably from 28 C. to 35 C., in which a protein-rich plant or bacterium is cultivated, in particular microalgae or cyanobacteria, preferably spirulina.

A two-step process for recovering useable solids from food processing wastewater and for significantly reducing the pollutants, chemical, bacterial, and viral load. The first step is the addition of pretreatment chemicals such as metal-based coagulant, pH adjuster, oxidant or a combination thereof. The second step is pumping the chemically pretreated wastewater into a foam fractionation system where a gas is introduced into the chemically treated wastewater to create a rising foam that captures and remove solid materials from the remaining wastewater effluent. The solids are recovered for additional post-processing and the effluent is discharged for post-processing or to existing bodies of water.

A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.

An agricultural processing system includes a process that uses water and produces wastewater having insoluble solids, a pump configured to receive and pressurize the wastewater from the process, and a plurality of centrifugal separators connected in parallel and configured to receive the wastewater from the pump. The separators are each configured to separate out the insoluble solids from the wastewater to produce a cleaned wastewater.

Provided is a processing apparatus for processing water-containing organic matters. The processing apparatus includes: a processing tank configured to store the water-containing organic matters; a stirring unit configured to stir the water-containing organic matters; a heater configured to heat the processing tank; an exhaust unit configured to exhaust gas from the processing tank at a rate from 1 m.sup.3/min to 300 m.sup.3/min; and an ion gas supply unit configured to supply ion gas into the processing tank with the exhaustion of the gas from the interior of the processing tank, the ion gas having an ion density of at least 2,000,000 pcs/cc, wherein the heater heats an interior of the processing tank while the stirring unit stirs the water-containing organic matters, and the ion gas is supplied into the processing tank according to the exhaustion by the exhaust unit, whereby processing the water-containing organic matters.

A method for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment makes use of polymetallic salts on their own, or in conjunction with coagulating and/or flocculant agents, and/or other chemical agents for the separation of both organic and inorganic pollutants present in water. The method of treatment has three stages (chemical reaction, clarification, and filtration) and comprise the steps of receiving wastewater to be treated from a wastewater source into a reaction tank and dosing the wastewater received with reagents within the reaction tank. The wastewater received, and reagents are agitated to facilitate a reaction within a predetermined period of time. The wastewater and reagents are then transferred to a precipitation tank where any precipitation formed separates out of solution and is disposed. Once the precipitation is removed, the wastewater is transferred to a sedimentation tank and optionally filtered. The treated wastewater is stored in a storage tank until ready to be used.

A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.