Biorefinery method and system for isolated environments

Abstract

A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.

1 . A biorefinery system that metabolically decomposes the chemical oxygen demand of waste to produce solid effluents and liquid effluents and subsequently biotreats said solid effluents and liquid effluents to produce value added products; wherein said value added products comprise potable water, protein cake, and soil amendments. 
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said system further captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells to produce cabin air. 
     
     
         3 . A system for treating human-derived waste and capturing value-added chemicals in an isolated environment comprising a series of biological processes wherein said series of biological process results in the chemical oxygen demand of said waste being zero concentration. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3  wherein said isolated environment is that which exists within an aerospace vehicle or aerospace living quarters.