The patent application describes a method of increasing bioavailability of animal feed comprising: hydrating a starting animal feed material with water to provide a hydrated animal feed material containing from 50 wt % to 99.99 wt % H2O; in a continuous-flow processing chamber, treating the hydrated animal feed material at a processing temperature selected from 40° C. to 90° C., a processing pressure (vacuum) selected from −5 psig to −14 psig, and a processing residence time selected from 1 minute to 60 minutes, thereby generating a processed animal feed material; and recovering the processed animal feed material as an enhanced-bioavailability animal feed. The enhanced-bioavailability animal feed has higher bioavailability compared to the starting animal feed material. Systems for increasing bioavailability of animal feed are also described and shown in drawings. Experimental examples are included, demonstrating significant enhancement of bioavailability using the disclosed technology, as measured by neutral detergent fiber digestibility at 12 hours.
A23K 10/30 - Produits alimentaires pour animaux à base de matières d’origine végétale, p. ex. de racines, de graines ou de foinProduits alimentaires pour animaux à base de matières d’origine fongique, p. ex. de champignons
A23K 40/00 - Mise en forme ou traitement des produits alimentaires pour animaux
A23K 50/10 - Produits alimentaires spécialement conçus pour des animaux spécifiques pour les ruminants
A23N 17/00 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la préparation de la nourriture des animaux
2.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING WASTE MATERIALS
A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.
B09B 3/00 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif
B05B 1/08 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour produire un jet, un pulvérisat ou tout autre écoulement de forme ou de nature particulière, p. ex. sous forme de gouttes individuelles de nature pulsatoire, p. ex. débitant un liquide en quantités successives séparées
B09B 101/02 - Gaz ou liquides contenus dans des articles mis au rebut, p. ex. bombes aérosols ou systèmes de refroidissement des réfrigérateurs
B67B 7/00 - Dispositifs à main ou à moteur pour ouvrir des récipients fermés
3.
SELF-ALIGNING TRUNNION FOR DRUM FOR PROCESSING MIXED SOLID WASTE
A rotatable drum system includes a frame and a drum rotationally supported thereon. Paddles in an interior of the drum are angularly offset from the longitudinal axis. An eccentric opening offset from the longitudinal axis forms the egress. Mixed solid waste agitated by the paddles while in the drum. Trunnions may support the drum. An actuator may be pivotable with an upper frame relative to a lower frame and the actuator can cause drum rotation irrespective of a position of the upper frame relative to the lower frame. A trunnion assembly with a rocker pivotally coupled to a base thereof via a first axle, enables the rocker to be pivotable relative to the base about the first axle. A second axle may be rotationally coupled to the rocker. A roller may be rotationally coupled to the rocker via the second axle, and configured to support a rotating load.
B01F 29/63 - Mélangeurs à récipients rotatifs tournant autour d'un axe horizontal ou incliné, p. ex. mélangeurs à tambour avec des barres fixes, c.-à-d. immobiles, ou fixées sur le récipient
B01F 31/50 - Mélangeurs avec mécanismes à secousses, oscillants ou vibrants avec un récipient soumis à une combinaison de mouvements, c.-à-d. au moins un mouvement vibratoire ou oscillatoire
A rotatable drum system includes a frame and a drum rotationally supported thereon. Paddles in an interior of the drum are angularly offset from the longitudinal axis. An eccentric opening offset from the longitudinal axis forms the egress. Mixed solid waste agitated by the paddles while in the drum. Trunnions may support the drum. An actuator may be pivotable with an upper frame relative to a lower frame and the actuator can cause drum rotation irrespective of a position of the upper frame relative to the lower frame. A trunnion assembly with a rocker pivotally coupled to a base thereof via a first axle, enables the rocker to be pivotable relative to the base about the first axle. A second axle may be rotationally coupled to the rocker. A roller may be rotationally coupled to the rocker via the second axle, and configured to support a rotating load.
B01F 29/63 - Mélangeurs à récipients rotatifs tournant autour d'un axe horizontal ou incliné, p. ex. mélangeurs à tambour avec des barres fixes, c.-à-d. immobiles, ou fixées sur le récipient
B01F 31/50 - Mélangeurs avec mécanismes à secousses, oscillants ou vibrants avec un récipient soumis à une combinaison de mouvements, c.-à-d. au moins un mouvement vibratoire ou oscillatoire
A rotatable drum system includes a frame and a drum rotationally supported thereon. Paddles in an interior of the drum are angularly offset from the longitudinal axis. An eccentric opening offset from the longitudinal axis forms the egress. Mixed solid waste agitated by the paddles while in the drum. Trunnions may support the drum. An actuator may be pivotable with an upper frame relative to a lower frame and the actuator can cause drum rotation irrespective of a position of the upper frame relative to the lower frame. A trunnion assembly with a rocker pivotally coupled to a base thereof via a first axle, enables the rocker to be pivotable relative to the base about the first axle. A second axle may be rotationally coupled to the rocker. A roller may be rotationally coupled to the rocker via the second axle, and configured to support a rotating load.
B01F 29/63 - Mélangeurs à récipients rotatifs tournant autour d'un axe horizontal ou incliné, p. ex. mélangeurs à tambour avec des barres fixes, c.-à-d. immobiles, ou fixées sur le récipient
A liquid-driven separation system for separating hydrated organic materials from drenched mixed solid waste is disclosed. The system includes a funnel-shaped housing defining an upper, open end, a tapering sidewall defining the funnel-shaped housing, and a lower end having a smaller circumference than the upper, open end; vertically offset openings arranged along the tapering sidewall; impellers extend along a vertical axis of the housing; a drive device that rotates the impellers; and an extraction device configured to extract fractions of the mixed solid waste from the housing. A mixture of waste and water is received at the upper end of the housing. The drive device rotates the impellers causing the impellers to generate a centrifugal force such that the mixture spins within the housing and the mixed solid waste separates into fractions at least based on a density of components in the mixed solid waste, for further extraction.
B04B 5/12 - Centrifugeurs dans lesquels l'action centrifuge agissant dans un récipient stationnaire est obtenue par des organes rotatifs autres que des tambours
B04B 5/04 - Appareils à chambre radiale pour séparer des mélanges essentiellement liquides, p. ex. butyromètres
B04B 11/02 - Alimentation ou déchargement en continuSystèmes de commande à cet effet
7.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING BIOAVAILABILITY IN FOODS AND FEEDS
2 recovering the processed animal feed material as an enhanced-bioavailability animal feed. The enhanced-bioavailability animal feed has higher bioavailability compared to the starting animal feed material. Systems for increasing bioavailability of animal feed are also described and shown in drawings. Experimental examples are included, demonstrating significant enhancement of bioavailability using the disclosed technology, as measured by neutral detergent fiber digestibility at 12 hours.
A23K 50/10 - Produits alimentaires spécialement conçus pour des animaux spécifiques pour les ruminants
A23K 10/14 - Prétraitement de produits alimentaires avec des enzymes
A23K 10/18 - Ajout de micro-organismes ou de leurs produits d’extraction, p. ex. de protéines provenant d’organismes unicellulaires, à des compositions de produits alimentaires de micro-organismes vivants
A23K 10/14 - Prétraitement de produits alimentaires avec des enzymes
A23K 10/18 - Ajout de micro-organismes ou de leurs produits d’extraction, p. ex. de protéines provenant d’organismes unicellulaires, à des compositions de produits alimentaires de micro-organismes vivants
A rotatable drum system includes a frame and a drum rotationally supported thereon. Paddles in an interior of the drum are angularly offset from the longitudinal axis. An eccentric opening offset from the longitudinal axis forms the egress. Mixed solid waste agitated by the paddles while in the drum. Trunnions may support the drum. An actuator may be pivotable with an upper frame relative to a lower frame and the actuator can cause drum rotation irrespective of a position of the upper frame relative to the lower frame. A trunnion assembly with a rocker pivotally coupled to a base thereof via a first axle, enables the rocker to be pivotable relative to the base about the first axle. A second axle may be rotationally coupled to the rocker. A roller may be rotationally coupled to the rocker via the second axle, and configured to support a rotating load.
B01F 29/25 - Mélangeurs à récipients rotatifs avec de la matière s'écoulant en continu dans les récipients de l'entrée à la sortie
B02C 17/10 - Désagrégation au tonneau, c.-à-d. par des appareils constitués par une cuve où les produits à désagréger sont chargés, avec ou sans éléments particuliers de désagrégation tels que billes ou boulets avec un petit nombre d'organes de désagrégation disposés sur la cuve
B02C 17/18 - Désagrégation au tonneau, c.-à-d. par des appareils constitués par une cuve où les produits à désagréger sont chargés, avec ou sans éléments particuliers de désagrégation tels que billes ou boulets Parties constitutives
B09B 3/80 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif impliquant une étape d'extraction
A liquid-driven separation system for separating hydrated organic materials from drenched mixed solid waste is disclosed. The system includes a funnel-shaped housing defining an upper, open end, a tapering sidewall defining the funnel-shaped housing, and a lower end having a smaller circumference than the upper, open end; vertically offset openings arranged along the tapering sidewall; impellers extend along a vertical axis of the housing; a drive device that rotates the impellers; and an extraction device configured to extract fractions of the mixed solid waste from the housing. A mixture of waste and water is received at the upper end of the housing. The drive device rotates the impellers causing the impellers to generate a centrifugal force such that the mixture spins within the housing and the mixed solid waste separates into fractions at least based on a density of components in the mixed solid waste, for further extraction.
B03B 9/06 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p. ex. schéma opératoire spécialement adapté aux ordures
B09B 3/80 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif impliquant une étape d'extraction
11.
DRUM FOR PROCESSING MIXED SOLID WASTE, DRIVE ASSEMBLY AND SELF- ALIGNING TRUNNION THEREOF AND METHODS OF USING SAME
A rotatable drum system includes a frame and a drum rotationally supported thereon. Paddles in an interior of the drum are angularly offset from the longitudinal axis. An eccentric opening offset from the longitudinal axis forms the egress. Mixed solid waste agitated by the paddles while in the drum. Trunnions may support the drum. An actuator may be pivotable with an upper frame relative to a lower frame and the actuator can cause drum rotation irrespective of a position of the upper frame relative to the lower frame. A trunnion assembly with a rocker pivotally coupled to a base thereof via a first axle, enables the rocker to be pivotable relative to the base about the first axle. A second axle may be rotationally coupled to the rocker. A roller may be rotationally coupled to the rocker via the second axle, and configured to support a rotating load.
B09B 3/80 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif impliquant une étape d'extraction
B01F 29/25 - Mélangeurs à récipients rotatifs avec de la matière s'écoulant en continu dans les récipients de l'entrée à la sortie
B02C 17/10 - Désagrégation au tonneau, c.-à-d. par des appareils constitués par une cuve où les produits à désagréger sont chargés, avec ou sans éléments particuliers de désagrégation tels que billes ou boulets avec un petit nombre d'organes de désagrégation disposés sur la cuve
B02C 17/18 - Désagrégation au tonneau, c.-à-d. par des appareils constitués par une cuve où les produits à désagréger sont chargés, avec ou sans éléments particuliers de désagrégation tels que billes ou boulets Parties constitutives
12.
LIQUID-DRIVEN SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING ORGANIC MATERIALS FROM DRENCHED MIXED SOLID WASTE
A liquid-driven separation system for separating hydrated organic materials from drenched mixed solid waste is disclosed. The system includes a funnel-shaped housing defining an upper, open end, a tapering sidewall defining the funnel-shaped housing, and a lower end having a smaller circumference than the upper, open end; vertically offset openings arranged along the tapering sidewall; impellers extend along a vertical axis of the housing; a drive device that rotates the impellers; and an extraction device configured to extract fractions of the mixed solid waste from the housing. A mixture of waste and water is received at the upper end of the housing. The drive device rotates the impellers causing the impellers to generate a centrifugal force such that the mixture spins within the housing and the mixed solid waste separates into fractions at least based on a density of components in the mixed solid waste, for further extraction.
B09B 3/80 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif impliquant une étape d'extraction
B01D 12/00 - Déplacement d'un liquide au moyen d'un autre liquide, p. ex. en retirant le liquide de solides humides, ou de dispersions de liquides, ou de solides se trouvant dans des liquides
B02C 17/00 - Désagrégation au tonneau, c.-à-d. par des appareils constitués par une cuve où les produits à désagréger sont chargés, avec ou sans éléments particuliers de désagrégation tels que billes ou boulets
B02C 18/00 - Désagrégation par couteaux ou autres organes coupants ou déchirants qui transforment le matériau en fragmentsHachoirs ou appareils similaires utilisant des vis ou analogue
B03B 7/00 - Combinaisons de procédés ou d'appareils opérant par voie humide, avec d'autres procédés ou appareils, p. ex. pour la préparation des minerais ou cendres
B03B 9/06 - Disposition générale d'un atelier de séparation, p. ex. schéma opératoire spécialement adapté aux ordures
B03B 11/00 - Dispositifs d'alimentation ou d'évacuation intégrés dans un matériel de lavage ou de séparation par voie humide
13.
PRESSURE VESSEL INCORPORATING RAPID, TOOLLESS ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY
in situin situ mechanical force to automatically actuate a safe and efficient seal. Process cycle times are significantly reduced because the vessel is not opened and closed using tooling. Throughputs are increased, improving economics of pressure vessels for extraction, reaction, or other processes.
C07C 7/10 - Purification, séparation ou stabilisation d'hydrocarburesEmploi d'additifs par extraction, c.-à-d. purification ou séparation d'hydrocarbures liquides à l'aide de liquides
E21B 33/035 - Têtes de puitsLeur mise en place spécialement adaptées aux installations sous l'eau
A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.
A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.
B09B 3/00 - Destruction de déchets solides ou transformation de déchets solides en quelque chose d'utile ou d'inoffensif
B05B 1/08 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour produire un jet, un pulvérisat ou tout autre écoulement de forme ou de nature particulière, p. ex. sous forme de gouttes individuelles de nature pulsatoire, p. ex. débitant un liquide en quantités successives séparées
B67B 7/00 - Dispositifs à main ou à moteur pour ouvrir des récipients fermés
B09B 101/02 - Gaz ou liquides contenus dans des articles mis au rebut, p. ex. bombes aérosols ou systèmes de refroidissement des réfrigérateurs
16.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING WASTE MATERIALS
A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.
Some variations provide a system for extracting a product from biomass, comprising: a process chamber having an internal volume; one or more mechanical elements configured to controllably and reversibly mechanically seal the process chamber and reduce the internal volume to mechanically compress the biomass; a fluid port in flow communication with the process chamber; and a collection subsystem in flow communication with the fluid port. Other variations provide a method of extracting a product from biomass, the method comprising: introducing biomass into a process chamber; mechanically sealing the process chamber; mechanically compressing the biomass to release a first fluid material; mechanically decompressing the biomass; introducing an extraction solvent into the process chamber; maintaining process-chamber pressure from about 1 bar to about 1000 bar, wherein the extraction solvent extracts a second fluid material; and recovering the second fluid material from the process chamber. High processing throughput is enabled with this invention.
Some variations provide a system for extracting a product from biomass, comprising: a process chamber having an internal volume; one or more mechanical elements configured to controllably and reversibly mechanically seal the process chamber and reduce the internal volume to mechanically compress the biomass; a fluid port in flow communication with the process chamber; and a collection subsystem in flow communication with the fluid port. Other variations provide a method of extracting a product from biomass, the method comprising: introducing biomass into a process chamber; mechanically sealing the process chamber; mechanically compressing the biomass to release a first fluid material; mechanically decompressing the biomass; introducing an extraction solvent into the process chamber; maintaining process-chamber pressure from about 1 bar to about 1000 bar, wherein the extraction solvent extracts a second fluid material; and recovering the second fluid material from the process chamber. High processing throughput is enabled with this invention.
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