Abstract: An economical, environmental friendly system for drying and micronizing an organic source material, without composting the organic nutrient and particle sources. The system can utilize a biogas, such as hydrogen, or a hydrocarbon such as methane, propane, natural gas, ethanol or diesel, as its source of fuel, in a processing engine, to drive off and separate the bound and free water, naturally present in the fertilizer source material, or raw feed stock. The final product is a disinfected nutrient or combustible fuel source that can be used as is, or alternatively upgraded into a fuel source for incineration, to produce heat, electrical and mechanical power. The organic source material is metered into the system at a distal end of the processing engine, proximate to an engine exhaust port and prior to a work chamber, which may be in the form of a spiral coil, an opposed engine configuration or a fan tower.

Abstract: A process for the conversion of organic materials raw fish waste and other marine plants and animals into a stable powder form, without the use of high heat or cooking. A raw fish waste is initially ground and then hydrolyzed or “enzymatically reduced,” to form a hydrolysate. The hydrolysate is stabilized by adding acid and heated to separate oil and water, to form a product cake. The cake is transferred to a blender for nutrient mixing to form a raw product. The raw product cake is dried in a high velocity air dryer and micronizer. The dryer employs a spiral coil working chamber that preferably circles a separation cyclone. The working chamber can heat the cyclone to conserve energy and provide better drying effect.

Abstract: A temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) (10) with a disable feature adapted to disable or enable temperature compensation. The TCXO (10) includes a crystal oscillator (12), a temperature measurement and compensation circuit (18), a timing generator (20) and a temperature compensation disable/enable circuit (30) for disabling or enabling temperature compensation updates of the crystal oscillator (12). The TCXO (10) is particularly adapted for use in connection with digital temperature compensated crystal oscillators.