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Combustion SUN COMBUSTION, INC. "INNOVATIVE COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY"
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THERMAL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FARM ANIMAL WASTE
IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
The following identified areas are responsible for most of the environmental
problems that exist at animal producing facilities. These areas have the
greatest potential to effect water quality and reserves, air quality, soil
contamination, land mineral balance and the overall health and welfare of the
produced animals, wildlife and the general public.
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
After identifying, researching and evaluating, the previously identified and described environmental problems that animal producing operations are facing, we feel that any viable method(s) incorporated for resolving the above identified environmental problems must address all of the identified environmental problems at the same time; in other words an integrated system. We believe that treating individual items or areas, of the previously described environmental problems, independently would be a "Band-Aid" approach and that the animal producing owner / operator would still be faced with the remaining problems and quite possibly could have created new ones. By treating all of the identified environmental problems together, any interaction between the individual environmental problems can be diagnosed, evaluated and a compatible solution implemented. After researching and evaluating various processes and methods and then testing different types of equipment and systems, the results obtained from those procedures clearly indicate that the most viable method to employ which resolves all of the identified environmental problems, incorporates an integrated system and provides the purchaser with some type of real return on investment (R.O.I.) for the capital expenditures he is making is a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system. The following describes what needs to be done and / or accomplished in each of the identified environmental problem areas.
WASTEWATERAll wastewater must be processed and recycled for use again as wash down water and / or converted by process to produce water suitable for animal consumption. Approximately 1 to 3% would be lost due to spillage, leakage, evaporation, etc. and would have to be replaced. All processed and recycled water must be stored in a suitable storage unit, tank, pond, etc. WASTE SOLIDS All waste solids must be removed from the wastewater and the existing holding tanks or lagoons. The waste solids should be processed in a way that all of the water entrained in them is removed, that the chemicals which have the highest value, as related to crop nutrient value or fertilizer, are recovered and that the remaining recovered waste solids are utilized in a fertilizer manufacturing operation. The remaining processed waste solids may have more value if they were utilized as a fuel source, approximately 1,400 BTU / LB, in a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system due to the fact that most of their valuable entrained chemicals have been extracted. The waste heat generated from the burning process could be utilized in another area of the process, utilized in a device for generating electricity, utilized in a device for heating animal housing structures, etc. The reduced waste solids residue volume after burning, approximately 1 to 5% of the initial processed waste solids volume, would lower transportation costs and the remaining relatively inert waste solids residue could be disposed of in an approved landfill. HOLDING TANKS AND LAGOONS The existing wastewater and waste solids holding tanks and lagoons must be eliminated completely but the lagoons can be remediated utilizing a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system. Upon the completion of the remediation phase, the reclaimed lagoons may be used as a holding reservoir for recycled and processed wash down water if so desired. The holding tanks could be used for the same purposes after cleaning. SOIL / LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER AND WASTE SOLIDS Soil / Land application of wastewater and waste solids is a relatively uncontrolled method of applying "Nutrients" into the soil or upon the land for the purposes of enhancing crop growth. The problem with this operation is that the "Nutrient" materials being applied are inconsistent in quality and quantity at each application. The various quantities of chemical components contained in the wastewater and waste solids vary widely and there is typically no control method employed for the removal (decrease) of a chemical component or for the addition (increase) of a chemical component that may be necessary or unnecessary for a particular soil application or crop. There are minimal or no control methods utilized for the prevention, elimination or treatment of Parasitic or Bacterial Pathogens or other types of viruses that may be present in the wastewater and waste solids before they are applied into the soil or upon the land. The solution is to stop the direct application of wastewater and waste solids into the soil or upon the land. Manufactured fertilizer is a controlled processed material and can be precisely formulated by adding or subtracting chemical components that may be necessary for a particular soil application or crop. By utilizing a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system, the extracted and recovered chemical components can be added or subtracted as necessary when blended into various fertilizer mixtures for a particular soil application or crop. Heavy metals or minerals that are undesirable can be eliminated from the soil application. Parasitic or Bacterial Pathogens or other types of viruses, that may be contained in untreated wastewater or waste solids, are destroyed in a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system due to the temperatures that they are subjected to thereby reducing the possibility of soil or crop contamination. ANIMAL HOUSING STRUCTURE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT The animal housing structure's internal air quality environmental problem can be improved or possibly eliminated by incorporating a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system. A summary of the methods utilized include: controlling fresh air intake and contaminated air exhaust volumes and flow rates accurately, heating, dehumidifying and cooling of the internal areas of the animal housing structure, lowering hazardous gas levels and V. O. C. levels down to 5-10 PPM, capturing most of the hazardous gases and V. O. C. contaminants and processing them through the Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system, automatically discharging the sumps / pits at prescribed intervals and incorporate a central control system that is capable of monitoring and controlling all of the above operations. ODOR Odor is controlled and minimized by the methods described in the above section, as related to animal housing structure internal air quality environment control, by the Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system and by the elimination of wastewater and waste solids holding tanks and lagoons. DECEASED ANIMALS Deceased animals, afterbirth and other waste should be burned in a Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system where the heat, produced by their destruction, can be utilized by the Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system, for generating electricity, for heating wash down water or for heating the animal housing structures. This method will reduce the primary fuel usage of the Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system, reduce overall animal producing facility operating costs and the small amount of remaining residue, about 1- 5% of initial volume, can be transported to an approved landfill for disposal.
The Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste resolves all of the identified environmental problems as noted above. The system is modular in design and construction and may be tailored to a customer's specific requirements. Because of its modular design, the system can be expanded to incorporate new features in the future without replacing components already purchased; all components of the the total system are designed and manufactured to integrate with each other. The Thermal Processing System For Farm Animal Waste system can be supplied either as a stationary or portable operating system.
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