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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2005
Jie Han, Beijing, CN;
Yuhua Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Tong Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xin Xiang, Beijing, CN;
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for dry fermentation and equipment for carrying out the same. The invention equipment comprises a fermentation tank for dry fermentation which includes a tank bodyfor accommodating materials, a flexible sealing membranefor covering said tank body, and a tight fixing meansfor hermetically covering the tank bodywith the flexible sealing membrane. This invention is characterized in that said tank bodyis provided with a top openingat its top part and at least one side openingfor loading and unloading materials at its side portions. When the tank bodyis covered hermetically by the flexible sealing membrane, said tight fixing meansmakes the contact areabetween the tank bodyand the flexible sealing membraneform at least one sealing contacting strip or at least one sealing line which is continuous and close in three-dimensional space so that the flexible sealing membranecovers hermetically both the top openingand at least one side openingfor loading and unloading materials.