BioLargo Inc has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article confirming that its water treatment technology, the Advanced Oxidation System (AOS), generates highly energetic iodine molecules.
The company said the article establishes the foundational scientific principles about why the AOS is a “powerful, efficient, and novel water treatment technology.”
“This study is integral in showing why the technology produces such high performance while consuming so little energy,” BioLargo Water president Dr Richard Smith said in a statement.
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BioLargo noted its AOS water treatment platform is currently deployed in a demonstration pilot project at a municipal wastewater treatment plant and has previously been shown in bench-scale and pilot-scale studies to exhibit greater water disinfection and decontamination performance than would be expected in similar water treatment technologies.
The peer-reviewed paper, published in the American Chemical Society's journal ES&T Water, examines the mechanism by which the BioLargo AOS produces such rapid and effective disinfection performance relative to past electrochemical water treatment technologies.
The study used the Canadian Light Source particle accelerator to perform advanced measurements of the chemical reactions that occur inside the AOS during operation, which revealed that the AOS generates highly oxidized iodine molecules that the researchers concluded are likely responsible for the technology's elevated disinfection efficacy.
A free, open-source version of the paper published on ChemRxiv.org, can be found here.
Westminster, California-based BioLargo has developed several innovative and patented products targeted at three markets: water and wastewater treatment, industrial odor and volatile organic compounds (VOC) elimination, and advanced wound care.
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