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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
Richard P. Lux, St. Louis, MO (US);
Christopher M. Reeves, St. Charles, MO (US);
Gary Eugene Winkler, St. Louis, MO (US);
Richard P. Lux, St. Louis, MO (US);
Christopher M. Reeves, St. Charles, MO (US);
Gary Eugene Winkler, St. Louis, MO (US);
Innoventor, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and for converting the waste into a complex hydrocarbon is described. The waste contains both liquids and solids. The method includes separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, controlling an amount of moisture in the solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process, and feeding the moisture controlled solid waste into the energy conversion process. The complex hydrocarbon may be suitable for use as a substitute or additive to petroleum-based asphalt binder.