US 12,435,276 B1
Pyrolysis for the management of waste
Joshua James Venable, Tallahassee, FL (US); and Austin William Holsinger, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to ARBORHILL VENTURES, LLC, Burton, MI (US)
Filed by Arborhill Ventures, LLC, Burton, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,400.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/363,670, filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Int. Cl. C10B 53/00 (2006.01); B03B 9/06 (2006.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C10B 57/10 (2006.01)
CPC C10B 53/00 (2013.01) [B03B 9/06 (2013.01); B09B 3/35 (2022.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C10B 53/02 (2013.01); C10B 57/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for management of green and brown waste at a municipal solid waste processing facility, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving feedstock at the municipal solid waste processing facility, wherein the feedstock is green and brown waste collected separately from other municipal waste, said green and brown waste comprising yard waste and vegetative material, and wherein the feedstock comprises a plurality of particles each having a size;
inspecting the feedstock for foreign objects;
drying the feedstock so a moisture content of the feedstock is below a predetermined moisture content threshold;
resizing the plurality of particles of the feedstock so the size of each of the plurality of particles is less than a predetermined particle size;
feeding the feedstock into a mobile pyrolysis reactor, wherein the mobile pyrolysis reactor is located at the municipal solid waste processing facility;
pyrolyzing the feedstock via the mobile pyrolysis reactor to generate biochar; and
increasing an amount of the biochar generated by the mobile pyrolysis reactor relative to other outputs generated by the mobile pyrolysis reactor based on an adjustment of one or more operating characteristics of the mobile pyrolysis reactor.