Compost updraft tower

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2011-06-07

2011-06-07

Ponomarenko, Nicholas (Department: 2839)

Prime-mover dynamo plants

Fluid-current motors

Wind

C290S044000, C060S398000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07956487

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for converting heat energy released by compostable matter into electricity through the use of a compost updraft tower. A compost updraft tower comprises a collector region that contains compostable matter, one or more towers that rise up through the collector region, and one or more turbines. The air within the collector region is heated by the energy released during the composting process, and the heated air flows through the collector region toward the open first end of one or more of the towers. The heated air then rises up through one or more of the towers to the open second end of the tower. The heated air flowing through the system drives turbines that generate electricity. In one embodiment the roof of the collector region is transparent to allow solar radiation to penetrate the collector region and heat air within.

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Robert Spencer, A New Generation of Commercial Disposers, Biocycle Magazine, Jul. 2008, vol. 49, No. 7, p. 27, The JG Press, Inc., Emmaus, PA, United States.

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