MEDIATED ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF ANIMAL WASTE MATERIALS

摘要

A mediated electrochemical oxidation process is used to treat, oxidize and dispose of animal waste materials. Animal waste materials are introduced into an apparatus for contacting the waste with an electrolyte containing the oxidized form of one or more reversible redox couples, at least one of which is produced electrochemically at the anode (19) of an electrochemical cell (17). The oxidized species of the redox couples oxidize the organic waste molecules and are themselves converted to their reduced form, whereupon they are reoxidized. The waste treatment process takes place at a temperature range from room temperature up to a temperature slightly below the boiling point of the electrolyte solution and can be enhanced by the addition of reaction enhancements, such as: ultrasonic energy and/or ultraviolet radiation.