In developing a nitrogen and phosphorous removal system using algae, the inventors and researchers also identified that it could remove total dissolved solids (TDS). The revolving algae biofilm (RAB) technology developed by Gross-Wen Technologies is now patented.
Martin Gross, CEO of Gross-Wen Technologies, explains how RAB works, the scales at which it has been tested, how it came to be and where the technology is headed next.
Gross-Wen Technologies along with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago announced a patent for the removal of total dissolved solids in wastewater.
Bob Crossen is the vice president of content strategy for the Water and Energy Groups of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B. EB2B publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions in its water portfolio and publishes Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge in its energy portfolio. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.
