ThermoEnergy's Latest Patent Designed to ``Enhance'' Wastewater Treatment Plant Performance.Energy Editors/Business Editors LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004 "New Process Allows Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
Upgrade Plant Performance and Lower Costs" ThermoEnergy Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :TMEN TMEN N,n,n',n'-Tetraethylethylenediamine ) was recently awarded another patent for its Enhanced Biogas bi·o·gas n. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel. biogas Noun gaseous fuel produced by the fermentation of organic waste process (EnBP); a proprietary method of upgrading new or existing wastewater treatment plants to lower ammonia toxicity and optimize biogas production in their anaerobic anaerobic /an·aer·o·bic/ (an?ah-ro´bik) 1. lacking molecular oxygen. 2. growing, living, or occurring in the absence of molecular oxygen; pertaining to an anaerobe. digesters - the key process component in a typical wastewater treatment plant. The issuance of the second patent provides plant operators using the EnBP process several distinct advantages over conventional biological methods. A great many municipal wastewater treatment plants built in the past 40 years are struggling to cope with system stress as a result of tremendous population increases. These plants, once on the outskirts of the municipality, now find themselves surrounded by commercial and/or residential populations, leaving little or no room for plant expansion. The situation is further complicated by increasingly more stringent federal and state clean water regulations, designed to protect human health and the environment. In the past, a convenient and popular method of meeting new regulatory standards was to simply increase the size of the plant, thereby diluting the waste-to-water ratio and achieving compliance. This solution is fine, as long as the municipality had an unlimited budget and wide open spaces in which to expand. However, this is no longer the case. Today, wastewater treatment plant operators are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve plant process performance as the lowest possible cost. "One of the best opportunities within a wastewater treatment plant to look to increase plant performance and lower costs are the plants digesters," said Dennis Cossey, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ThermoEnergy. "Digester di·gest·er n. 1. One that makes a digest. 2. Chemistry A vessel in which substances are softened or decomposed, usually for further processing. Noun 1. performance represents a critical part of conventional wastewater plant operations, any improvements made in this area results in major benefits to the overall operations," said Cossey. According to Cossey, combining the EnBP process method with the Company's Ammonia Recovery Process (ARP) system, can significantly improve the plants overall economic performance as well as reducing the Total Nitrogen Discharge Limit - a relatively new regulatory problem for municipal wastewater plants. "EnBP not only compliments and broadens the Company's existing wastewater services, but enhances its economic and regulatory advantages it can provide to prospective municipal clients in both the U. S. and abroad," said Cossey. The Company has similar patents pending. About The Company ThermoEnergy Corporation is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (OTCBB:TMEN) established to engage in the worldwide commercialization of technically advanced, cutting-edge technologies providing cost-effective and environmentally responsible solutions for air and water pollution problems. The Company's overall business model is predicated on (i) the design, construction and operation of process facilities dedicated to the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater, (ii) the design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of key process components relevant to its core technologies, and (iii) marketing emission credits and commodity by-products generated by its suite of renewable energy and power production technologies. Each of these technologies is more fully described on the Company's website at www.thermoenergy.com. |
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