MUMBAI, India, Oct. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441031016 A) filed by K. Ramakrishnan College Of Engineering, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, on April 18, 2024, for 'a system for converting wastes into fertilizer.'
Inventor(s) include Mr. N. R. Nagarajan; Mr. T. Muruganantham; Deepashree K; and Rohith Rishan M.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 24, under issue no. 43/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a system (15) for converting wastes into fertilizer to reduce the usage of chemical fertilizers. The system comprises a solar panel and at least one thermal insulating protective layer. The thermal insulating protective layer (3) configured to prevent the heat dissipating around the environment by avoiding the temperature fluctuation inside the chamber. The said layer protects the bacterial infections coming out from the chamber. The plurality of thermal conducting coils (2) configured to facilitate the smooth flow of heat for drying the biodegradable wastes to remove the moisture content for increasing the rate of fertilizer conversion. The slider (5) mechanism is configured to enable the movement of dried waste from top container to compost storage by means of automatic operation. The compost storage (7) is housed inside the chamber which comprises a plurality of mixer blades for cutting the dried wastes in optimum compostable size and quality. The biogas collection vent (9) is configured to optimize the air flow for regulating the microbial activity and to collect the biogas from the chamber by means of specially fitted pipes."
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