VICKSBURG, Miss. – The “Method for Treating Reducible Compound Residues Using Iron-Containing Bioreactor” provides a sustainable solution for managing industrial waste by utilizing iron’s unique properties in bioreactors.
Filed in September 2017 and granted in September 2024, the patent was developed by two researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Dr. Heather Marie Knotek-Smith, research engineer, and David Smith, research ecologist, both with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), developed this patent that introduces a method that could revolutionize waste treatment processes by effectively neutralizing reducible compounds found in industrial residues.