What types of material can be treated with α-Gaia?
Until now, there hasn’t been a good cost-effective system that decomposes the strong cell walls of organic material. However,α-Gaia enables the relatively easy breakdown of carbon bonds in organic material, even for difficult treatment material such as oils in raw garbage. α-Gaia is also effective for treating many types of residues and aquatic plant matter, as well as a variety of other applications, and more expected to come.
- For biomass gas power generation sites: A common issue for biomass gas power generation is the size of methane fermentation tanks. By treating biomass materials with α-Gaia for about 1 hour before the methane fermentation process, the processing time can be reduced dramatically; methanogen can immediately start consuming organic substances as soon as it’s loaded into the fermentation tank. Therefore, only half of the regular tank size is required due to the reduced process time.
- For excess sludge treatment: The handling of excess sludge produced from sewage treatment is a common problem worldwide. However, applying active oxygen treatment to sludge, we can reduce the amount of sludge by 2/3 due to its effective dewatering mechanism. Sludge with very low water content can then be recycled as fuel for incineration power plants.
- For decomposing organic material cell walls: There was previously no easy method for dewatering particular types of plants, or extracting certain substances from plant cells. Our active oxygen treatment method allows dramatic reduction in processing time.
・Our active oxygen treatment methods can even decompose SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus causing recent global issues, as well as various other pathogens relatively easily, useful for disinfecting large spaces where many people gather, etc. Moreover, our method can also act as a microbicide against soil bacteria known to endanger specific kinds of plants, such as banana and rubber trees.
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