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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1986
David P Chynoweth, Gainesville, FL (US);
Vipul J Srivastava, Forest Park, IL (US);
Richard Biljetina, Skokie, IL (US);
Thomas D Hayes, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A non-mixed vertical tower anaerobic digester and anaerobic digestion process provides passive concentration of biodegradable feed solids and microorganisms in an upper portion of a continuous digester volume and effluent withdrawal from the middle to bottom portion of the digester, resulting in increased solids retention times, reduced hydraulic retention times, and enhanced bioconversion efficiency. In addition, due to passive concentration of solids, the non-mixed anaerobic digester accommodates high solids loadings and provides separation of microbial phases within the continuous digester volume to achieve substantially complete bioconversion of biodegradable feedstock components.