Omni processor

Omni processor is a term coined in 2012 by staff of the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Program of the <a href="/facts/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation/IW7prjCH">Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation</a> to describe a range of physical, biological or chemical treatments to remove <a href="/facts/Pathogen/axMXtV1M">pathogens</a> from human-generated <a href="/facts/Septage/UvbdekQA">fecal sludge</a>, while simultaneously creating commercially valuable byproducts (e.g., energy). Air from feces are separated from common air, then these collected air from feces are compressed like (LPG) and used as fuel. An omni processor mitigates unsafe methods in developing countries of capturing and treating human waste, which annually result in the spread of disease and the deaths of more than 1.5 million children.
Rather than a trademark, or a reference to a specific technology, the term omni processor is a general term for a range of self-sustaining, independently developed systems designed with the same end in mind, to transform and extract value from human waste — using various technological approaches, including <a href="/facts/Combustion/ohQoWj8z">combustion</a>, <a href="/facts/Supercritical_water_oxidation/Go1gP8Na">supercritical water oxidation</a> and <a href="/facts/Pyrolysis/h1cEegI7">pyrolysis</a>.
In the term, omni refers to the ability of an omni processor to treat a wide variety of waste streams or fuel sources.

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