University of Louisiana at Lafayette

William Chirdon

Mark E Zappi

Rafael Hernandez

Wayne Sharp

William E Holmes

Andrei Chistoserdov

Peter Schexnayder

Nicholas Baudoin

Alex Zappi

Don Begneaud

Thomas Broussard

Chelsea Trahan

Garrett Thibodeaux

A rack for sanitizing or cleaning medical or personal protective equipment is claimed herein. The rack has at least two stringers that run the length of the rack. The rack has at least two vertical grates that are spaced apart from each other along the stringers. The spacing between the grates will be sufficient such that a standard respiratory mask (e.g. N95) may be placed between two adjacent grates and be held in a vertical orientation.

Rack for treatment of respiratory masks

A system and method for treatment of biomass originating from wastewater treatment biosolids to obtain valuable adhesives and composite materials is described herein. Some embodiments do not require purification of a biomass product or residue to produce an adhesive.

Production of adhesives and other glue-like materials from unextracted sewage treatment plant sludges, animal manures and animal manure-based sludges, and bacterial/fungal cells and cell components s as derived from culturing operations

Proteinaceous enhanced oil recovery operates on the principle that proteins can be denatured using chemicals to break them down into a viscous polymeric mixture that exhibits an EOR effect. In one or more embodiments, the proteins in question are sourced from an algae () meal, which could be obtained as a waste product from wastewater treatment or bioprocessing operations, including biofuel production where the lipids are extracted for fuel but the large volumes of proteins are considered a waste material with little or negative value. In other embodiments, other biomasses are used, especially edible biomasses, thereby mitigating public resistance to drilling operations due to concerns of perceived toxicity of chemicals. This also mitigates legal liability from the use of chemicals that are known to be toxic. Additionally, the agents are denatured biomasses that have not undergone expensive purification or separation steps. This will make these agents highly cost competitive. And, because there is no separation or purification, there are no wastes or byproducts from the synthesis to be disposed of. This also reduces costs compared to competitors.

Sustainable agents for enhanced oil recovery and drilling additives derived from microbial biomass

A system and method for treatment of biomass originating from wastewater treatment biosolids to obtain valuable adhesives and composite materials is described herein. Some embodiments do not require purification of a biomass product or residue to produce an adhesive. Some embodiments comprise a treatment of post extraction biomass residue configured to produce an adhesive. Use of post extraction biomass residue adds value to alternative energy produced by extracting oil from biomass.

Production of adhesives and other glue-like materials from biomass derived from wastewater treatment

A system and method for treatment of biomass products or residues to obtain valuable adhesives and composite materials is described herein. Some embodiments do not require purification of a biomass product or residue to produce an adhesive. Some embodiments comprise a treatment of post extraction algae residue configured to produce an adhesive. Use of post extraction algae residue adds value to alternative energy produced by extracting oil from algae.

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Lafayette, LA, United States of America

William Chirdon