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RECORD NUMBER: 126 OF 156Main Title | EcoMat Inc.'s Biological Denitrification Process: Site Technology Capsule. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | National Risk Management Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. Office of Research and Development. | |||||||||||
Publisher | 2006 | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2006 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/540/R-01/501A; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB2006-111315 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Biodenitrification ; Nitrate contamination ; Biocarrier ; Bacteria ; EcoMat Incorporated ; Methane ; Cell growth ; Metabolic processes ; Nitrate conversion ; Biodenitrification (BDN) ; Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) | |||||||||||
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Collation | 14p | |||||||||||
Abstract | EcoMat, Inc. of Hayward, California (EcoMat) has developed an ex situ anoxic biofilter biodenitrification (BDN) process. The process uses specific biocarriers and bacteria to treat nitrate-contaminated water and employs a patented reactor that retains biocarrier within the system, thus minimizing solids carryover. Methanol is added to the system as a carbon source for cell growth and for inducing metabolic processes that remove free oxygen and encourages the bacteria to consume nitrate. Methanol is also important to assure that the nitrate conversion results in the production of nitrogen gas rather than the intermediate (and more toxic) nitrite. |