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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Cranfield University
Nitrous oxide emissions for early warning of biological nitrification failure in activated sludge.
This research contributed to an international patent on early warning of wastewater treatment works failure to prevent ammonia pollution of watercourses (PCT/GB2005/001963, granted). The patented process, N-TOX®, was assigned to a Cranfield University spinout company, Water Innovate, prior to raising >£500k of investment (www.waterinnovate.com). It was one of 9 out of 265 entrants to win a Shell Springboard Award in 2006 for ideas with potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (www.shellspringboard.org). Water Innovate was bought by Bluewaterbio in 2010. N-TOX® has been deployed in Australia, Europe and the USA (justin.heath@bluewaterbio.com, Marketing Director, Bluewaterbio).