An oxygen enriching water that is mixed with microbes and applied in oxygen limiting environments to break down hydrocarbons

HOW IT WORKS

MicroSorb^® Biocatalyst is processed from naturally occurring organic materials. It is oxygen enriched water with enzymes, which is mixed with microbes to attack hydrocarbon contamination in oxygen deficient conditions (i.e. subsurface soil and groundwater). Microbial activity is frequently limited by insufficient oxygen due to low rates of oxygen and carbon dioxide diffusion in subsurface soils. MicroSorb^® Biocatalyst helps reduce this limiting factor. The greater the mass of oxygen available, the more rapid the clean-up.

APPLICATIONS

MicroSorb^® Biocatalyst is used:

1. For subsurface in-situ soil and/or groundwater contamination treatment through: subsurface bio-injection well applications, subsurface leaching galleries, or through injection and recovery trench applications. (See projects A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10)
2. For increased plant growth.

MicroSorb^® Biocatalyst is processed from naturally occurring materials; it is nontoxic, nonpathogenic, and nonflammable. MicroSorb^® Biocatalyst increases microbe performance dramatically in the absence of free oxygen and it also increases microbe tolerances in salt-damaged soils.

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