Simultaneous aerobic and anaerobic composting process

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR COMPOSTING ORGANIC WASTE MATERIALS WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING WASTER MATERIAL HAVING A MINIMUM PH OF ABOUT 7, A WATER CONTENT WITHIN A RANGE OF ABOUT 40 TO 70% AND A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW ABOUT 45*C. TO THE PREDOMIANT ACTION OF MESOPHILIC BACTERIA WHILE AERATING ONLY PREDETERMINED SPACED PORTIONS WITHIN THE MASS OF MATERIAL, WHEREBY ONLY SAID PORTIONS WITHIN THE MATERIAL ARE AERATED, UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MASS BY VIRTUE OF THE ACTIVE GROWTH OF THE MESOPHILIC BACTERIA RISES ABOVE ABOUT 45 TO 50*C., THEN SUBJECTING THE MASS TO THE PREDOMINANT ACTION OF THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE ABOUT 45 TO 50*C. WHILE AERATING ONLY PREDETERMINED SPACED PORTIONS WITHIN THE MASS OF MATERIAL, WHEREBY ONLY SAID PORTIONS WITHIN THE MATERIAL ARE AERATED, UNTIL SUBSTANTIAL DECOMPOSITION OF THE WASTE MATERIAL HAS TAKEN PLACE AERATION OF THE PREDOMINANTLY MESOPHILIC AND PREDOMINANTLY THERMOPHILIC BACTERIAL STAGES BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY PERFORATING THE MASS OF MATERIAL AT SPACED INTERVALS TO FORM CONTINUOUS AIR CHANNELS OPEN AT TWO SURFACES OF THE MASS AND PERMITTING AIR TO CIRCULATE THROUGH SAID CHANNELS, BOTH OBLIGATE AEROBIC AND OBLIGATE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA PROLIFERATING ACTIVELY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING SAID MESOPHILIC AND THERMOPHILIC BACTERIAL PHASES, WITHIN THE BODY OF THE MATERIAL THEN SUBJECTING THE MATERIAL TO THE PREDOMINANT ACTION OF ACTINOMYCETE ORGANISMS WHILE AERATING THE MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT ITS MASS.