The present invention addresses the processing of waste and low-value
products that contain bone material to produce useful materials in
reliable purities and compositions, at acceptable cost, and with high
energy efficiency. In particular, the invention comprises a process that
converts various feedstocks such as offal, animal manures, and municipal
sewage sludge, to useful materials including gas, oil, specialty
chemicals, and carbon solids. The process heats the feedstock in order to
breakdown proteins and separate organic material from bone material,
applies further heat and pressure to the resulting liquid mixture,
separates out various components, then further applies heat and pressure
to one or more of those components. The invention further comprises an
apparatus for performing a process of converting waste products into
useful materials, and an oil product that arises from the process.