A system and method integrating treatment of waste, polar
Fats/Oils/Greases (FOG) with conventional anaerobic wastewater treatment
facilities for biologically fueling digestion of solids in, and steady
state production of methane from treated wastewater streams that includes
a slipstream loop circulating warmed, actively digesting sludge from the
base to the head of the anaerobic wastewater treatment facility, a
conditioning tank with input screened by a rock trap, actively digesting
sludge pumped from the slipstream loop into the tank via the rock trap,
before and after FOG wastes are pumped from a hauler tank via a hose
connecting to the rock trap into the conditioning tank and mixed with
actively digesting sludge in the tank to produce a feedstock slurry rich
in volatile fatty acids for injection at a metered rate back into the
actively digesting sludge slipstream loop for introduction at the head of
the anaerobic wastewater treatment facility.