"Whoever owns the new sources of energy will own the future economy." 1
We use a proprietary clean technology to convert industrial customer "wastes" into value. This waste-to-value (WTV) proposition provides customers with substantial revenue-generating and cost-saving opportunities.
Pilus Energy is converging digester, fermenter, scrubber, and other proven technologies into a scalable electrogenic bioreactor (EBR) platform. The EBR harnesses bacterial robots (BactoBots™) that:
1) remediate wastewater
2) generate direct current (DC) electricity
3) produce economically important gases and chemicals.
The BactoBot™-powered EBR does this through bacterial metabolism (cellular respiration) of organic and nitrogen molecules. These molecules are part of the pollution that make up wastewater.
With nearly four-hundred carbon and nitrogen compounds that can serve as feedstock (metabolites), our piranha-like BactoBots™ do not cause disease in plants or animals. They will, in fact, remove many pathogens from the wastewater.
Our wastewater-to-value BactoBots™ do not pollute the environment. They resist heavy metals and swings of pH. They survive in a 4-to-45 degree Celsius temperature range. And they are anaerobically and aerobically active, even with low biochemical and chemical oxygen demand (BOD/COD).
The BactoBots™ are protected from theft and cloning with a genetics rights management (GeRM™) system. If the consumable, inert, non-reactive, non-toxic, and non-polluting molecular keys are not present in the wastewater or feedstock, the BactoBots™ self destruct starting with their DNA and RNA. As a result, the GeRM™ system also protects the environment against accidental release.
Why?
While our energy supply is in turmoil, more than 1100 TeraWatt hours of energy is stored as waste molecules and transported in water (wastewater).
The lack of clean water is a crisis that only increases with population growth and development.
Ecosystems and public health are at risk. At risk from mining and drilling - at risk from pollutants, poisons, and pathogens - and we are at risk of resulting economic loss and higher product costs.
Pilus Energy's interdisciplinary team has a sense of urgency to provide a profitable energy generating solution. By extracting energy from molecular compounds in waste water, adopters of our technology will generate revenues while reducing global risks.
Whether your wastes are by-products of manufacturing, food processing, sanitation, or recalled products, it is likely we can help you extract value from the energy stored in those wastes. Comparatively, our technology is eighteen times more efficient than fermentation.
Some value-added opportunities include carbon and renewable energy credits (RECs), remediation and odor control, energy production, biogas production, and reduction of pathogens. If you are seeking to reduce your carbon footprint while maximizing your economic gain, consider talking to us. We likely have a scalable solution for you.
1Dr. Carl Safina's testimony to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 21 May 2010