SBIR/STTR Award attributes
Project Summary Abstract AxNanoLLC SBIR FasttrackThe EPA estimates that one out of every four Americans lives within three miles of a hazardous wastesiteTo meet the growing need for remediating these contaminated sitesthe US remediation market has beenincreasing steadily sinceaveragingincreases per yearThe global environmental remediationtechnology market is forecasted to expand to $billion inRemediation of contaminated sites can costupwards of millions of dollars and can last for decadesespecially in challenging geological settings such as lowpermeabilitylow kzonese gclay and bedrockSites where contaminants are concentrated in lowpermeability zones are a particular industry headache as these areas can serve as sub surfacesource zonesproviding slow release of contaminants into transmissive zones for decades of longerTraditionalliquid phaseremediation injections that are successfully used in more permeable areaswhen applied to low k zones oftenresult in only partial clean up followed by chronic site managementCostly re applications to addressreboundingincreases in contaminant concentration following remediationand tailingspersistent non zerocontaminant levelsare one of the biggest pain points for environmental engineersThese rebounding andtailings lead to increase liabilityincreased remediation costand long drawn out remediation schemesAxNanoin collaboration with North Carolina Aandamp Thas specially formulated their patented controlled release technologyto address these persistent low k zonesRemRxCRIcontrolled release injectantcan be emplaced into low kzones by hydraulic fracturing and provide sustained levels of ISCO reagents directly into the trappedcontaminated area with one few applications to address these issues of rebounding and tailingsAxNano has established prototypes and preliminary studies to support a Fasttrack SBIR programPhaseI of the program will support the development RemRxCRIthrough bench scale testing of prototypes in lowk zoneD flow chambers and radius of influence estimation by computational modelingPhase II aims to pilotscale demonstrate manufacturing the Phase I validated MVP and field test at two sites in the Piedmont RegionField demonstrations will include comparison to straight oxidant performanceData from pilot scaledemonstration and computational modeling will be used to design full scale deploymentsAxNano will designa full scale manufacturing process to support transition of the RemRxTM CRI technology to future large scaledeploymentThis technology development program leverages a unique intellectual property position to develop thisnew RemRxTM family of productsThe remediation and broader water wastewater markets are complexmakingmarket uptake of new remediation technologies difficultHowevercontrolled release ISCO agents are of stronginterestThe AxNano Team is committed to achieving the successful commercialization of this high impacttechnology Project Narrative Hazardous chemicals released into the environment can get trapped in low permeability zones in the groundlike clay or bedrockcontaminating drinking water sources or affecting indoor air quality for decades or longerRemediation of these low permeability zones is difficult using current methods and amendmentsthus common approaches are focused on treating fluxes from the areas instead of targeting the sources themselvesTo meet this needAxNano LLCis developing RemRxTM CRIan injectable controlled release in situ chemical oxidation material that can be placed into low permeability zones via hydraulic fracturingthat will lower total project costshorten the overall clean up cycleand decrease chronic human exposure resulting from hazardous chemical releases
