A method, system, apparatus and program for effecting the decomposition of organic waste material comprises: providing a treatment tank for decomposition of organic waste material, the treatment tank containing an active biomass comprising at least one bacteria that decomposes organic material; prov
A method, system, apparatus and program for effecting the decomposition of organic waste material comprises: providing a treatment tank for decomposition of organic waste material, the treatment tank containing an active biomass comprising at least one bacteria that decomposes organic material; providing at least two inlets to the treatment tank, a first inlet comprising an inlet for organic material and a second inlet comprising an inlet for an aqueous stream; a processor that receives and stores information on: the status of chemical oxygen demand of the active biomass; and the oxygen provision capability of a first organic material that can be fed into the treatment tank through the first inlet; a mass flow control system controlled by the processor which feeds the at least one organic material through the first inlet at a rate based at least in part upon the status of chemical oxygen demand in the treatment tank as recognized by the processor.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of decomposition of organic waste material comprising: providing a treatment tank for decomposition of organic waste material, the treatment tank containing an active biomass comprising at least one bacteria that decomposes organic material; providing at least
The invention claimed is: 1. A method of decomposition of organic waste material comprising: providing a treatment tank for decomposition of organic waste material, the treatment tank containing an active biomass comprising at least one bacteria that decomposes organic material; providing at least two inlets to the treatment tank, a first inlet comprising an inlet for organic material and a second inlet comprising an inlet for an aqueous stream; a processor receiving and stores information on: the status of chemical oxygen demand of the active biomass; and the oxygen provision capability of a first organic material that can be fed into the treatment tank through the first inlet; the processor controlling a mass flow control system to feed the at least one organic material through the first inlet at a rate based at least in part upon the status of chemical oxygen demand in the treatment tank as recognized by the processor. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein there are at least two storage tanks for organic material, a first storage tank for the first organic material and a second storage tank for a second organic material, the first and second organic materials having different chemical oxygen provision capabilities from each other; the processor receiving and storing information on the respective chemical oxygen provision capabilities of the first organic material and the second organic material; and the processor controlling feeding of the first organic material and the second organic material into the treatment tank at a rate based at least in part upon the status of chemical oxygen demand in the treatment tank, the chemical oxygen provision capability of the first organic material, and the chemical oxygen provision capability of the second organic material as recognized by the processor; and filtering is done with a filter present between the active biomass in the treatment tank and the treated aqueous outlet. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein a treated aqueous stream is removed from the treatment tank through an aqueous stream outlet and a gas decomposition stream through a gas venting outlet, the gas decomposition stream comprising methane and carbon dioxide is removed from the treatment tank. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the active biomass and treated aqueous stream are automatically tested for active biomass nutrient content and testing information is provided to the processor. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein testing is performed for active biomass nutrient content and when testing for active biomass nutrient content indicates that the nutrient level in the treatment tank is not within a desired range stored in the processor, the processor directs a nutrient feed system to input nutrient material into the treatment tank to bring nutrient level in the tank within the desired range. 6. The method of claim 3 wherein testing is performed for pH and when testing for pH indicates that the pH level in the treatment tank is not within a desired range stored in the processor, the processor directs a feed system for a pH active material selected from the class consisting of at least one of a base, an acid or a buffer to input pH active material into the treatment tank to bring the pH level in the tank within the desired range. 7. The method of claim 5 wherein testing is performed for at least one of available nitrogen and available phosphorus, and the results of such testing are used by the processor to determine how much nutrient is to be added to the treatment tank to specifically adjust at least one of nitrogen and phosphorus content in the treatment tank. 8. An organic waste treatment system comprising: a) at least a first organic material storage tank for a first organic material; b) an aqueous stream input source; c) a treatment tank having a controlled input connection from a) and a controlled input connection from b), and containing an active biomass that comprises bacteria capable of decomposing the first organic material from the first organic material storage tank; d) a processor that controls the input connections from a) and from b); e) a sensing system that determines the chemical oxygen demand of the active biomass in the treatment tank and controls flow of at least the first organic material through the input connection from a) to provide chemical oxygen from the first organic material is provided to the active biomass in the treatment tank at a rate sufficient to support health of the bacteria in the treatment tank; f) an aqueous stream outlet from the treatment tank; and g) a gaseous stream outlet from the treatment tank. 9. The treatment system of claim 8 having a nutrient sensing system that detects levels of nutrients in at least one of the biomass in the treatment tank and an aqueous stream passing into or through the aqueous stream output and information from the nutrient sensing system to the processor, and the processor determines levels of nutrients that should be provided to the active biomass in the treatment tank and the processor contains software that determines levels of nutrients that should be provided to the active biomass in the treatment tank from sensed data from the nutrient sensing system and controls flow of nutrients into the treatment tank to provide nutrient in a quantity determined by the software, and nutrients sensed comprise at least one nutrient selected from the class consisting of available nitrogen and available phosphorous. 10. The treatment system of claim 9 wherein the gaseous stream outlet is connected to a gas stream separation system that can increase the concentration of methane in a first concentrated stream and can increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in a second concentrated stream. 11. The treatment system of claim 8 wherein there are at least two storage tanks for organic material, a first storage tank for the first organic material and a second storage tank for a second organic material, the first and second organic materials having different chemical oxygen provision capabilities from each other. 12. The treatment system of claim 11 wherein the processor controls feed rates for the first organic material and the second organic material into the treatment tank, and directs feed of the first organic material and the second organic material at a rate based at least in part upon the status of chemical oxygen demand in the treatment tank, the chemical oxygen provision capability of the first organic material, and the chemical oxygen provision capability of the second organic material as recognized by the processor. 13. The treatment system of claim 12 wherein there are sensing systems for at least one other sensible condition selected from the group consisting of pH of the biomass in the treatment tank, pH of the aqueous stream from the treatment tank, concentration of a specific gas component in the gaseous stream from the treatment tank and gas pressure within the treatment tank, and the processor contains software that controls rate flows of materials into the treatment tank in response to an indication from sensed data that the rate flows of specific materials into the treatment tank, and the software is responsive to the sensed data in controlling mass input into the treatment tank. 14. The method of claim 1 wherein mass flow through the system is at least in part automatically controlled by sensing at least one of a) weight; b) viscosity; c) pH d) Temperature; e); f) Particle Size; g) Detection of contaminants and alarm upon detection of contaminants; h) water quality parameters, i) Protein concentration and n) Methane potential and automatically providing a presumed appropriate response to the sensing according to at least one of a lookup table, hardware response and software response. 15. The method of claim 1 wherein the treatment tank is sensed and automatically responded to by sensing at least one condition selected from the group consisting of a) Contaminant alarm; b) Solids concentration monitoring and control; c) BOD and COD monitoring and control; d) surface tension; e) foam detection; f) Dissolved gas monitoring; g) Volatile acids monitoring; h) Detection of specific bacteria concentration; i) fat monitoring; j) grease monitoring; and k) oil monitoring; and the processor automatically responds thereto. 16. A method of decomposition of organic waste material comprising: providing a treatment tank for decomposition of organic waste material, the treatment tank containing an active biomass comprising at least one bacteria that decomposes organic material; providing at least two inlets to the treatment tank, a first inlet comprising an inlet for organic material and a second inlet comprising an inlet for an aqueous stream; a processor receiving and stores information on: the status of chemical oxygen demand for the tank; and the oxygen provision capability of materials in and into the treatment tank; the processor controlling a mass flow control system to feed at least one organic material through the first inlet at a rate based at least in part upon the status of chemical oxygen demand in the treatment tank as recognized by the processor. 17. The method of claim 16 wherein a treated aqueous stream is removed from the treatment tank through an aqueous stream outlet and a gas decomposition stream through a gas venting outlet, the gas decomposition stream comprising methane and carbon dioxide is removed from the treatment tank. 18. The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the active biomass and treated aqueous stream are automatically tested for active biomass nutrient content and testing information for the active biomass nutrient content is provided to the processor.
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