A process for the preparation of a soil inoculating composition comprising the steps of a) loading a vermicompost into a tank, b) adding a sufficient amount of water and molasses to vermicompost, c) breeding of microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step b), by adjusting the temperature to a range between 25-27° C. and by providing air into the mixture, d) forcing microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step c), to dormant state by d) adding a sufficient amount of molasses, e) bottling the composition obtained in the step d), for storage, f) resuscitating of microorganism in the stored composition from the dormant state to active state by diluting the composition with a sufficient amount of water before soil inoculation. An apparatus for producing soil inoculating composition comprising two concentric tanks wherein the inner tanks (104) holds the composition and the outer tank (101) acting as an heating system holds a liquid kept at a desired temperature by an heat control system (106).

A process for the preparation of a soil inoculating composition comprising the steps of a) loading a vermicompost into a tank, b) adding a sufficient amount of water and molasses to vermicompost, c) breeding of microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step b), by adjusting the temperature to a range between 25-27° C. and by providing air into the mixture, d) forcing microorganism in the mixture obtained in the step c), to dormant state by d) adding a sufficient amount of molasses, e) bottling the composition obtained in the step d), for storage, f) resuscitating of microorganism in the stored composition from the dormant state to active state by diluting the composition with a sufficient amount of water before soil inoculation. An apparatus for producing soil inoculating composition comprising two concentric tanks wherein the inner tanks (104) holds the composition and the outer tank (101) acting as an heating system holds a liquid kept at a desired temperature by an heat control system (106).

A method for producing an organic nutrient slurry from organic material containing at least one of animal material and plant material is provided. The method includes introducing the organic material into a pressurized reactor and subjecting the organic material to agitation and saturated steam at a temperature and pressure within the pressurized reactor for a duration of time sufficient to thermally hydrolyze and denature the organic material into a denatured slurry having mineral particle sizes of less than 200 microns; conveying the denatured slurry and at least one microbial inoculant to an aerobic reactor to form a mixture therein; and introducing oxygen to the aerobic reactor to stimulate aerobic digestion of the mixture, while maintaining the mixture at a predetermined temperature range and predetermined pH range sufficient to support the aerobic digestion, in order to produce an organic nutrient slurry for plants.

Systems and methods associated with biomass decomposition are generally described. Certain embodiments are related to adjusting a flow rate of a fluid comprising oxygen into a reactor in which biomass is decomposed. The adjustment may be made, at least in part, based upon a measurement of a characteristic of the reactor and/or a characteristic of the biomass. Certain embodiments are related to cooling at least partially decomposed biomass. The biomass may be cooled by flowing a gas over an outlet conduit in which the biomass is cooled, and then directing the gas to a reactor after it has flowed over the outlet conduit. Certain embodiments are related to systems comprising a reactor and an outlet conduit configured such that greater than or equal to 75% of its axially projected cross-sectional area is occupied by a conveyor. Certain embodiments are related to systems comprising a reactor comprising an elongated compartment having a longitudinal axis arranged substantially vertically and an outlet conduit comprising a conveyor.

A system and method for monitoring a network of IoT composting end-devices comprising one or more IoT compost bins, IoT composters, remote monitoring devices, and personal user devices. Each IoT composting end-device may have an embedded wireless communication module and sensors to measure an amount of compostable material contained therein. Measurements may be aggregated for user groups, households, communities, etc. and converted into metrics of aggregated amounts, sustainability, compost quality, composting cycle stage, status, composting conditions, and other parameters, which may be posted on a public forum to track and encourage community composting.

An automated food waste processing system including an enclosure secured to prevent unauthorized access to contents contained therein, the enclosure including a plurality of exterior walls and a food waste processing system housed within the enclosure. The food waste processing system including an imaging system configured to capture a plurality of images of the food waste and the non-biodegradable material received by the sorting receptacle, a processing system configured to process the plurality of images using a trained neural network to identify at least plastic waste and metal waste as the non-biodegradable material when included in the food waste input stream as received by the sorting receptacle, and a sorting system configured to, in response to instructions received from the processing system, automatically locate and remove the non-biodegradable material from the sorting receptacle to create a bio-degradable input stream to the anaerobic digester.

An inclined reactor of bottom gas-inlet type for aerobic fermentation and a method for aerobic fermentation are provided, a fermenter is provided with a circular inner tank, end covers and a jacket; an airtight fermentation space is formed in the fermenter by the inner tank, an upper end cover and a lower end cover; a feed opening and an exhaust outlet are arranged at an upper part of the fermenter, and a discharge opening is arranged at a lower part of the lower end cover of the fermenter; a length of the fermenter is greater than or equal to a diameter of the fermenter, the fermenter is fixed on a base having a height difference and is hence in an inclined state; an energy-saving stirrer is mounted in the fermenter, and the energy-saving stirrer is formed by connecting several groups of tangential plates or a spiral combination of tangential plates, a radial rod, a stirring rod and a stirring shaft; several groups of air chambers are arranged at an external wall at the bottom of the inner tank of the fermenter, the air chambers are arranged inside the jacket, several aeration nozzles are defined on an inner side of each air chamber, and the aeration nozzles are close to the inner tank.

A compost leachate distribution device includes a composting chamber for receiving material to be composted and a leachate collection chamber for collecting, via a leachate fluid path, leachate generated during composting in the composting chamber. The device has a leachate mixing arrangement a first inlet for receiving a flow of water, a mixing chamber to which the first inlet leads for mixing water with leachate to form a water/leachate mix and an outlet leading from the mixing chamber to the exterior for exit of the water/leachate mix, wherein the leachate mixing arrangement has dosing means for controlling a rate of flow of leachate from the leachate collection chamber into the mixing chamber.

A compost leachate distribution device includes a composting chamber for receiving material to be composted and a leachate collection chamber for collecting, via a leachate fluid path, leachate generated during composting in the composting chamber. The device has a leachate mixing arrangement a first inlet for receiving a flow of water, a mixing chamber to which the first inlet leads for mixing water with leachate to form a water/leachate mix and an outlet leading from the mixing chamber to the exterior for exit of the water/leachate mix, wherein the leachate mixing arrangement has dosing means for controlling a rate of flow of leachate from the leachate collection chamber into the mixing chamber.

A method for rotting an organic material includes at least partially controlling a rotting device with a control unit and feeding an organic material into a pivoted rotting chamber of the rotting device, having the organic material rotted in the rotting chamber for a rotting time, turning the rotting chamber by a chamber drive unit of the rotting device, and exhausting the rotted organic material from the rotting chamber after the rotting time. A device for rotting the organic material includes a pivoted rotting chamber for enclosing the organic material. The rotting chamber has a port and a cover associated with the port for opening and closing the port, a chamber drive unit configured to turn the rotting chamber, and a control unit connected to the chamber drive unit and configured to operate the chamber drive unit.