James Morris, Bion Environmental’s chief technology officer, stated, This new patent describes the removal of phosphorus utilizing a new and unique process and system configuration. Bion now has in hand a very broad array of patents protecting variations and enhancements of the core Bion process. The Company’s IP portfolio at present includes ten U.S. patents, as well as patents in Canada, New Zealand and Mexico, with an additional U.S. patent applied for and pending, along with patent applications under consideration for the European Union, Brazil, Argentina and Australia.
Bion Environmental’s patents protect its technology that uses biological, chemical and mechanical processes to remove nutrients and other harmful substances, as well as extract renewable energy, from high-volume concentrated livestock waste streams. Bion Environmental systems provide effective environmental treatment at a substantially lower cost than conventional wastewater treatment plants that rely on expensive highly-oxygenated and chemical processes. The company’s environmental management system can provide a comprehensive solution to concentrated livestock waste, through simultaneous removal and stabilization of nutrients and reduction of air emissions including ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, VOC’s, greenhouse gases, odors and other pollutants, together with reductions of pathogens, antibiotics and hormones. Bion Environmental’s system can be configured to simultaneously reclaim renewable energy from the ‘waste’ biomass in a highly efficient process.
