http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 7:57:09 EDT One of the current methods for dealing with oil spills is through the use of dispersants. These dispersants, however, break oil into small globules that sink into the water, spreading the oil into a wider area, and they have toxic effects on the local marine ecosystem. Now, researchers, led by professor... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioremediation/10166.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST GE Power & Water (Trevose, Penn.; ge.com) has introduced an improved membrane bioreactor (mbr) technology whose productivity is said to be 15% higher than that of its predecessor for wastewater treatment plants. The new system, called LEAPmbr, was derived from innovations to GE’s ZeeWeed 500 mbr... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioremediation/8291.html Mon, 1 Aug 2011 0:00:00 EDT A system that utilizes existing biological wastewater-treatment facilities for destruction of biodegradable volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) has been demonstrated at three U.S. petroleum-refining and chemical facilities, and the developer has plans to extend... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioremediation/8096.html Wed, 1 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT