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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Daniel H. Yeh, Tampa, FL (US);
Luke Roberson, Washington, DC (US);
Talon Bullard, Tampa, FL (US);
Melanie Pickett, Tampa, FL (US);
Robert Bair, Tampa, FL (US);
Ahmet Erkan Uman, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL (US);
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIOR OF NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery includes a buffer tank to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste, at least one reactor tank configured as an anaerobic bioreactor that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the at least one reactor tank to produce a permeate, a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module, a pump system having a plurality of pumps, and a control system configured to monitor the flow of waste and to control the pump system to control the flow of waste between the buffer tank, the at least one reactor tank, the membrane module, and the permeate collection tank.