US 11,767,249 B2
Method and system for treatment of organic waste
Jari Jokela, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to EVAC OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by EVAC OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,824.
Application 17/510,824 is a division of application No. 16/255,328, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,267,743.
Claims priority of application No. 20185059 (FI), filed on Jan. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041485 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 11/10 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); C10L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 11/10 (2013.01) [C01B 32/05 (2017.08); C10L 9/086 (2013.01); C10L 2290/10 (2013.01); C10L 2290/24 (2013.01); C10L 2290/46 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
 
1. A system for treating organic waste by means of hydrothermal carbonization, comprising:
a source gf organic waste;
a wet waste tank for receiving the organic waste;
a wet waste mixing tank for mixing the organic waste;
a first thermal reactor receiving a first batch of mixed wet waste from the wet waste mixing tank, the first thermal reactor configured to achieve a first thermal hydrolysis process of the first batch of mixed wet waste;
a second thermal reactor receiving a second batch of mixed wet waste from the wet waste mixing tank, the second thermal reactor configured to achieve a second thermal hydrolysis process of the second batch of mixed wet waste;
a bio-char cooler configured to cool bio-char sludge generated by the first thermal reactor and the second thermal reactor; and
a steam conduit provided with a valve connecting the first thermal reactor and the second thermal reactor and configured to supply steam from the first thermal reactor to the second thermal reactor or from the second thermal reactor to the first thermal reactor in an alternating manner, thereby to provide heat and pressure for a thermal hydrolysis process;
wherein a water conduit provided with a pump is connected between the first thermal reactor and the second thermal reactor and configured to supply hot and pressurized water from the first thermal reactor to the second thermal reactor and from the second thermal reactor to the first thermal reactor in an alternating manner during the thermal hydrolysis process; and
wherein the bio-char cooler includes a heat exchange circuit with a cooling water circuit, a circulation pump, and a heat exchanger arranged within the bio-char cooler, and wherein a steam conduit provided with at least one valve is connected to the cooling water circuit, the first thermal reactor, and the second thermal reactor.