Patents Assigned to Alpha Systems Corporation
  • Apparatus for producing methane gas by processing waste materials
    Patent number: 4090940
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing methane and other products by processing a slurry of biodegradable waste materials including two tanks containing waste material which are connected to allow fluid flow communication between slurry in each tank, each tank being airtight with respect to the ambient, one of said tanks containing a cathode and the other tank containing an anode to aid in the growth of methane producing bacteria, the tanks provided with movable hoods for collecting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: Alpha Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Harold Switzgable
  • Method for producing methane gas by processing waste materials
    Patent number: 4053395
    Abstract: A method for producing methane and other products by processing a slurry of biodegradable waste materials including two tanks containing waste material which are connected to allow fluid flow communication between slurry in each tank, each tank being airtight with respect to the ambient, one of said tanks containing a cathode and the other tank containing an anode to aid in the growth of methane producing bacteria, the tanks provided with movable hoods for collecting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Alpha Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Harold Switzgable