US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Sept. 30 for "Ambient air drying of sludge" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,285, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Ambient air drying of sludge" was invented by Christopher B. Hopkins (Raleigh, N.C.) and Joseph L. Stuckey (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing moisture content of a wet waste product includes a drying surface; a dispenser that deposits the wet waste product onto the drying surface; an air moving device (AMD) that induces a flow of ambient air over the wet waste product on the drying surface to produce a dried waste product from the wet waste product; a collection area that transports the dried waste product away...