SBIR Phase I: The Use of Halophytic Plants for the Bioremediation of Coal Bed Methane Discharge Waters

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目计划使用盐生植物对煤层气排放水进行生物修复。煤层气排放被广泛视为一种环境责任。不分青红皂白的地表排放会导致土壤盐碱化。因此，钻井公司迫切需要一种可接受的排放过程。这项拟议工作的假设是，盐生植物将消耗足够的钠来实现地面灌溉的煤层气排放。通过在排放前在煤层气水域进行密集的鱼类生产，这些生物修复努力将得到进一步加强。成功的实验结果将为管理煤层气排放提供补充、替代、可持续的工具。该项目在生物修复领域的商业应用。当使用显著降低钠吸收率(SAR)的水时，煤层气排放将在环境上更容易被接受。这可能会为负责任的煤层气勘探和开采开辟大片土地。饲用动物可以从用煤层气灌溉的精选盐生植物中获得显著的营养。入侵排泄区的有害杂草将被有组织的盐生植物农业所取代。表层土壤最终会含有较少的盐分。来自鱼粪的养分输入可以显著提高理想植物的生长速度。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 project plans to use halophytic plants for the bioremediation of coal bed methane (CBM) discharge water. CBM discharge is widely viewed as an environmental liability. Indiscriminant surface discharge causes salination of soils. The drilling companies are therefore in urgent need for an acceptable discharge process. The hypothesis for the proposed work is that halophytic plants will consume enough sodium to enable surface irrigation of CBM discharge. These bioremediation efforts will be further enhanced by intensive fish production in CBM waters prior to discharge. Successful experimental results will provide complementary, alternative, sustainable tools to manage CBM discharge.The commercial application of this project is in the area of bioremediation. CBM discharge would be more environmentally acceptable when utilizing water that has significantly reduced sodium absorption ratio (SAR). This could open up huge areas of land for responsible CBM exploration and recovery. Forage animals could derive significant nutrition from select halophytes irrigated with CBM discharge. Noxious weeds encroaching on discharge areas would be displaced by organized agriculture of halophytic plants. Surface soils would ultimately contain less salts. Nutrient input from fish manures could result in significantly greater growth of desirable plants.