ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,635, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TONGJI UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).

"Integrated system for anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste" was invented by Xiaohu Dai (Shanghai), Qi Song (Shanghai), Yu Hua (Shanghai), Shuxian Chen (Shanghai) and Junwei Yang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated system for anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste, including a continuous stirred-tank reactor, a micro-voltage- and conductive material-enhanced reactor, and a micro-aeration and inert solid waste separation integrated reactor. The micro-electrolysis reactor includes a plate cover, a cylindrical tank body and two column base...