摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and process for servicing sewage holding tanks while reducing odor and noise is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum tank (12), a vacuum pump (24) having an inlet port (23) and an exhaust port (25), the inlet port (23) being connected to the tank (12) so that the vacuum pump (24) can draw air out from an interior of the tank (12), and a conduit having one end connected to the exhaust port of the vacuum pump (24) and having its other end connected to an air intake of an engine (16). The process includes extracting air from a tank to create a vacuum therein which will draw sewage into the tank through a hose, routing the air removed from the tank into an air intake of an engine, and combusting the air from the tank to remove the odor therefrom.</p> |