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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/72 (2006.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.01); B01J 23/42 (2006.01); C01B 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 11/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/725 (2013.01); B01J 23/42 (2013.01); C01B 5/00 (2013.01); C01B 32/50 (2017.08); C02F 11/10 (2013.01); C02F 2103/005 (2013.01); C02F 2201/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are methods and devices for the treatment of fecal matter. A column reactor is used to smolder fecal matter to produce and a volatile components stream and smoldered media. The volatile components stream may be subject to catalysis to reduce the emission of noxious substances and/or generate heat energy. Also described is the use of a turntable for removing smoldered media from the column reactor.