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US 9,068,180 B2Granted
Oil absorption and bioremediation apparatus employing oil digesting microorganisms
AssigneeGeophia LLC
InventorsDimitros Hondroulis, Troy W. Johnson
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Abstract
An absorbent material may include banana tree stalk fibers separated and processed for moisture content reduction to generate processed fibers, and oil eating microorganisms (OEMs) infused into the processed fibers to form OEM infused fibers. The processed fibers may be configured to concentrate oil therein responsive to exposure to the oil. The OEMs may remain in a dormant state in the OEM infused fibers until activated by water and exposed to the oil.
Claims6
An absorbent material comprising:
- banana tree stalk fibers separated and processed for moisture content reduction to generate processed fibers;
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- oil eating microorganisms (OEMs) infused into the processed fibers to form OEM infused fibers, the OEMs remaining in a dormant state in the OEM infused fibers until activated by water and exposed to oil, wherein the processed fibers absorb the oil, and wherein the activated OEMs digest the oil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.