Process and apparatus for utilizing animal excrement

摘要

A process for the manufacture of a product useful as an artificial soil, soil conditioner or peat substitute, effected by subjecting an aqueous mixture containing a substantially solid feed excrement from animals and water to treatment with an alternating electric current at a frequency of a predetermined magnitude and for a predetermined period of time, such that an odorless solid product capable of absorbing several times its own weight of water is recoverable by water removal.