ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,743, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Black & Veatch Holding Co. (Overland Park, Kan.).
"Integrated waste reduction system" was invented by Sandeep Sathyamoorthy (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste reduction system that utilizes organic solids suspended in a waste stream to produce carboxylic acids, which can then be employed as an input to a microbial fuel cell or other biological processes to further enhance biogas production, is provided. The organic waste stream influent undergoes a multistage fermentation process in which fermentative microorganism metabolize the organic waste materials and produce one...