Algae technology patent removes total dissolved solids from wastewater

Gross-Wen Technologies CEO Martin Gross explains how his company's revolving algae biofilm technology removes total dissolved solids from wastewater.

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. 

Additional Resources

What is total phosphorus and how is it measured?
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.
Dec. 12, 2024

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Bob Crossen

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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. Crossen can be reached at [email protected].

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