AIR Option 1: Technology Translation Sustainable Wastewater Treatment System for Food and Beverage Industry

这个PFI: AIR技术翻译项目的重点是将微生物电化学技术转化为食品和饮料行业的高效废水处理和能源回收系统。转化后的技术具有以下独特的特点：高污染去除率，占地面积小，功率密度高，与市场上领先的厌氧消化技术相比，具有卓越的性能和成本节约。该项目通过评估微生物电化学电池的实际废物流，确定关键设计和操作参数，从而实现了这一目标，从而产生了一个功能齐全的原型反应器堆栈。该伙伴关系与waste2waterergy合作，在实际废水处理和其他方面提供指导，如扩大规模和商业化，因为它们涉及将技术转化为可能导致竞争性商业现实的道路的潜力。在未来5到10年，潜在的经济影响预计是低成本的可持续废水处理和能源回收技术，这将有助于美国在可再生能源发电和废水处理方面的竞争力。长期的社会影响将是提供可再生能源，同时有益于全世界的人类健康。

This PFI: AIR Technology Translation project focuses on translating microbial electrochemical technology into an efficient wastewater treatment and energy recovery system for food and beverage industry. The translated technology has the following unique features: high pollution removal rate, small foot-print, and high power density, that provides exemplary performance and cost savings, when compared to the leading competing anaerobic digestion in this market space. The project accomplishes this goal by determining the key design and operational parameters through the evaluation of microbial electrochemical cells with real waste streams, resulting in a fully functioning prototype reactor stack. The partnership engages Waste2Watergy to provide guidance in practical wastewater treatment and other aspects such as scale-up and commercialization, as they pertain to the potential to translate the technology along a path that may result in a competitive commercial reality. The potential economic impact is expected to be a low-cost sustainable wastewater treatment and energy recovery technology in the next 5 to 10 years, which will contribute to the U.S. competitiveness in renewable energy generation and wastewater treatment. The societal impact, long term, will be providing energy from a renewable source while benefiting human health worldwide.