A compost monitoring device for use in monitoring properties of a body of compost, the compost monitoring device being configured to be positioned proximate to the body of compost in use, and including: a sensor array including sensors for sensing properties of gas proximate to the body of compost, the sensors including a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the gas, a humidity sensor for sensing a relative humidity of the gas, and a gas sensor for detecting a level of a gas compound emitted from the compost within the gas; a wireless transceiver for wirelessly communicating with another device located remotely from the body of compost; and a controller configured to obtain sensor data from the sensors; generate monitoring data using at least some of the sensor data, and cause the monitoring data to be transmitted to the other device using the wireless transceiver.

The present invention relates to a carcass treatment system 1. Such a carcass treatment system 1 ferments and decomposes carcasses by hyperthermophile of 85 to 110° C. and aerobic conditions, and comprises a mobile fermentation process unit 3 for transferring to an onset site of disease and treating the livestock carcass by hyperthermophile; or a burial fermentation process unit 5 for excavating a burial site 6 near the outbreak site of disease and treating the livestock carcass by hyperthermophile; a base treatment unit 7 for secondarily processing the livestock carcass treated primarily by the mobile fermentation process unit 3 or the burial fermentation process unit 5 with hyperthermophile, wherein the primary treatment is performed by treating with hyperthermophile at fermentation temperature of 85 to 110° C. for 8-15 days to decompose flesh of the carcass, and the secondary treatment is performed by treating with hyperthermophile for 2-4 weeks.

The present invention relates to a carcass treatment system 1. Such a carcass treatment system 1 ferments and decomposes carcasses by hyperthermophile of 85 to 110° C. and aerobic conditions, and comprises a mobile fermentation process unit 3 for transferring to an onset site of disease and treating the livestock carcass by hyperthermophile; or a burial fermentation process unit 5 for excavating a burial site 6 near the outbreak site of disease and treating the livestock carcass by hyperthermophile; a base treatment unit 7 for secondarily processing the livestock carcass treated primarily by the mobile fermentation process unit 3 or the burial fermentation process unit 5 with hyperthermophile, wherein the primary treatment is performed by treating with hyperthermophile at fermentation temperature of 85 to 110° C. for 8-15 days to decompose flesh of the carcass, and the secondary treatment is performed by treating with hyperthermophile for 2-4 weeks.

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.

The present invention is a composting bioreactor system that continually receives biodegradable solid wastes, waste waters and exhaust gases, automatically recycles the biodegradable wastes into nutrients and heat energy, and automatically supplies the nutrients and heat into an integrated hydroponic or aquaponic system. This invention together with integrated food growing system may be installed onsite such as balconies, backyards and premises of restaurants and food factories etc. therefore may lead to zero mileage targets both for recycling wastes and for supplying foods. This invention integrates composting process and aquaponic technology together and may establish a closed-loop recirculation of both water and gases therefore upgrades aquaponics into compoponics. A compoponic system has both soil and soilless growing beds and mimics nature recirculating nutrients, carbon and energy among human being, animals, microorganisms and plants by way of photosynthesis, slow burning by cellular respiration and burning by combustion.

The present invention relates to a self-deodorizing composting system, comprising an outer membrane, an inner membrane, an air-ribbed cage and a deodorizing base, wherein two deodorizing bases are provided; the outer membrane and the inner membrane are held by the air-ribbed cage, with both ends of the outer membrane and the inner membrane respectively fixed to the two deodorizing bases, whereby a closed space is formed between the outer membrane and the inner membrane; the inner side of the inner membrane is used for placing the composting piles, with the malodor and water vapor generated from the composting piles entering into the closed space formed between the outer membrane and the inner membrane through the inner membrane, so that the water vapor is condensed into the water in the closed space, and the malodor molecules are absorbed and dissolved into the condensed water, thus forming the waste water which falls along the inner side of the outer membrane and the outer side of the inner membrane to the bottom of the deodorizing bases and is discharged from the deodorizing base. Comparing with the prior art, the system in the present invention has a simple and detachable structure, and can isolate and remove the malodor and the water vapor generated when the biomass waste is composted.

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 method and apparatus for operating a composter device includes a compost container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the composting chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the composting chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow.

A waste treatment system comprises: a first hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of waste; a first solid-liquid separation device for separating a first reactant of the first hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; a second hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of the solid of the first reactant; a second solid-liquid separation device for separating a second reactant of the second hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; and a fermentation device for fermenting the liquid or the slurry of the first reactant and the liquid or the slurry of the second reactant.

A waste treatment system comprises: a first hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of waste; a first solid-liquid separation device for separating a first reactant of the first hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; a second hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of the solid of the first reactant; a second solid-liquid separation device for separating a second reactant of the second hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; and a fermentation device for fermenting the liquid or the slurry of the first reactant and the liquid or the slurry of the second reactant.