The transformer aerobic digestion method
CA 2609960 C · Owner: Aho, Richard L. · Inventors: Aho, Richard L.
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This method facilitates the cost effective treatment of liquid and solid waste in a waste pile, a landfill, composting facility or in an area of isolated soil or groundwater contamination. The ability to distribute oxygen and reducing organisms to the waste and remove the spent waste using water is the key to the process. Waste moisture content is increased eliminating fires and , removing a major constraining factor to degradation. Large quantities of liquid are oxygen-supplemented (therefore treated) and are added directly into the MSW, contamination, or compost to maintain aerobic degradation. Temperature increases with the availability of oxygen. The reducing organisms break …
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- Filed March 16, 2006 and granted February 25, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2026.
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