Abstract: A continuous flow treatment apparatus comprises a heating fluid management portion and a feces treatment portion. The heating fluid management portion is configured to heat heating fluid and provide the heated heating fluid to a heat exchanger. The feces treatment portion comprises the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to receive feces at a first position of the heat exchanger, indirectly heat the feces via the heated heating fluid as the feces are transported from the first position to a second position of the heat exchanger, and provide the heated feces at the second position. The feces are maintained at a minimum temperature for a predetermined amount of time such that the feces exiting the feces treatment portion have been rendered sanitary for at least one of storage or further processing.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for providing fuel briquettes from human feces. In an example embodiment, feces are treated to inactivate pathogens resident therein and to cause the cellulose material in the feces to undergo a phase transition. The treatment of the feces comprises heating the feces. Briquettes are formed from a mixture comprising the treated feces and carbonized agricultural waste product. The treated feces acts a binder such that the mixture may be formed into briquettes.