ABSMaterials, Inc. has engineered Osorb® to destroy persistent organic pollutants in groundwater. Chlorinated solvent plumes are captured in the Osorb glass matrix and forced against a reductive metal. The reaction reduces the organic pollutants to salts and harmless byproducts. ABSMaterials' Iron-Osorb in situ injection forms a permanent, soft curtain barrier underground. This barrier continues to reduce contaminants for many years. The process often eliminates targeted contaminants in groundwater to less than 1 part per billion, well below regulated water standards.
Above: in situ injection at demised industrial facility
Iron-Osorb used on TCE/PCE/DCE/PCBs
Contaminants are extracted from the water and captured in the Iron-Osorb's matrix.
Iron-Osorb can be milled to different particle sizes to allow (or prevent) movement in a flowing subsurface or soil zone.
Very small amounts of Iron-Osorb need to be deployed in comparison to other standard treatments (<5% by mass).
In a DNAPL zone, the Iron-Osorb swells, immobilizes, and remediates all TCE/PCE with which it comes into contact.
We can optimize the molecular density of Iron-Osorb to target particular depths in groundwater aquifers.
Also, Osorb’s glass structure prevents embedded metal from poisoning.
