USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TO DESTROY BIOHAZARDS AND TO ENHANCE BIOGAS PRODUCTION

摘要

The invention relates to systems and methods for using the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, especially thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD), to destroy biohazard materials including prion-containing specified risk materials (SRM), viral, and/or bacterial pathogens, etc. The added advantage of the invention also includes using feedstocks that may contain such biohazard materials to achieve enhanced biogas production, in the form of improved biogas quality and quantity.

主权项

1. A method for reducing the titer of a biohazard that may be present in a carrier material, comprising providing the carrier material to an anaerobic digestion (AD) reactor and maintaining the rate of biogas production substantially steady during the AD process.