biofilm – TechConnect Briefs

Using the Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) to Recover Platinum Group Metals (PGM), Rare Earth Elements (REE), and Valuable materials as Nanoparticles from Wastewater

Lusk B.G., Calvo D., Ray C., Zhou C., Rittmann B.E., Precient Technologies, US

Platinum group metal (PGM) miners and recycling facilities are losing ~$2 billion (~10% of the total market value) of PGM annually in wastewater and tailing. The membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) is a modular biotechnology which [...]

Biofilm as a versatile stablizer and promoter for Pd nanoparticle (PdNP) recovery and catalytic denitrification

Zhou C., Rittmann B.E., Wang Z., Ontiveros-Valencia A., Krajmalnik-Brown R., Arizona State University, US

There is an increasing demand on recycling of palladium from mining waste streams for purposes of resource retrieval and catalytic application. We introduced the novel H2-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) technology to recover Pd in [...]

Enhanced Sludge Reduction Using External Bioaugmentation at a Full-Scale Municipal

Shcici R., Newbold A., In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc., US

One the biggest burdens facing municipal wastewater treatment plants are the expenses of hauling and disposing of residual biosolids, or sludge. In 2007, United States municipal wastewater treatment plants produced about 7.7 million dry tons [...]

Comparative Analysis of the Glendale Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lakeland, FL Using Bioaugmentation

Schici R., In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc., US

The City of Lakeland, Florida selected bioaugmentation in 2001 to treat odor and corrosion in a partial section of the collection system. The technology was in place within the sewer system for approximately six months [...]

The Effects of Bioaugmentation in Collection System

Newbold A., Dickerson R., Kelter M., In-Pipe Technology, US

The wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Orange Park, Florida was challenged to meet a new discharge permit issued by the Basin Management Action Plant (BMAP) for the lower St. John’s River that was [...]

Enhanced Sludge Reduction Using External Bioaugmentation at a Full-Scale Municipal

Shcici R., Newbold A., In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc., US

One the biggest burdens facing municipal wastewater treatment plants are the expenses of hauling and disposing of residual biosolids, or sludge. In 2007, United States municipal wastewater treatment plants produced about 7.7 million dry tons [...]

Comparative Analysis of the Glendale Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lakeland, FL Using Bioaugmentation

Schici R., In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc., US

The City of Lakeland, Florida selected bioaugmentation in 2001 to treat odor and corrosion in a partial section of the collection system. The technology was in place within the sewer system for approximately six months [...]

The Effects of Bioaugmentation in Collection System

Newbold A., Dickerson R., Kelter M., In-Pipe Technology, US

The wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Orange Park, Florida was challenged to meet a new discharge permit issued by the Basin Management Action Plant (BMAP) for the lower St. John’s River that was [...]

Nanoencapsulated Drug-Carrying System for Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT)

Kalapala G.K.M., Fu P.K.-L., Governors State University, US

Chronic wounds are considered as a pandemic health problem. Approximately 1% to 2% of the population in developing countries has experienced a chronic wound during their lifetime. In the United State States,the expense of treating [...]

Microbial fuel cell

Willert-Porada M., Lorenz K., Freitag R., Jerome V., Peiffer S., University of Bayreuth, DE

Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, PE-FC, use hydrogen or methanol as fuel. Water soluble organic compounds, like starch, glucose, acetates, can not serve as fuel because of limited catalytic activity of common metal catalysts. Opposite to [...]