Bion Technology
Bion's Comprehensive Environmental Management System removes up to 95% of the nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) from the livestock waste effluent and substantially reduces air emissions, including ammonia (as great as 90% or more), greenhouse gases, hydrogen sulfide, VOC's and others. The system extracts renewable energy from the waste stream in the form of cellulosic biomass in a process that is much more efficient than others seeking to exploit this energy source. The technology is patented, proven and is quickly gaining acceptance from regulatory and other stakeholders.
Bion's core technology is a biological process that facilitates the growth of large populations of naturally-occurring bacteria that are responsible for the conversion of the nitrogen and phosphorus in the waste stream. Some of the nitrogen is released to the atmosphere in the form of harmless and inert nitrogen gas (N2). Most of the remaining nitrogen, as well as phosphorus, is converted by the bacteria into solid or particulate forms that are removable by centrifuge and other processes. Bion's technology achieves 75 to 80% reductions of nutrients in the effluent; further treatment can increase the reductions to up to 95%. The system provides an expected pathogen reduction of three to nine orders of magnitude (three to nine log kill) depending upon the level of nutrient treatment employed at a particular site.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions from Bion Technology Applications
Letter from Econergy Consulting, part of the clean energy company Econergy International, outlining its analysis of Bion's reductions of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from CAFO waste, as well as benefits from using renewable energy produced from the livestock waste stream to displace fossil fuel use.
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"The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has also given conditional approval to Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., for calculating credits, related to a proprietary livestock waste treatment technology for flush dairy operations."
Published by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in the Notice section of the most recent (Apr 19, 2008) Pennsylvania Bulletin
The Notice refers to the certification of nutrient credits generated from Bion's comprehensive technology as previously discussed in the Company's press release dated Feb 27, 2008.
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Report to St. Lawrence, NY's County Board of Legislators, Massena Town Board, Brasher Town Council, St. Lawrence County IDA, St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Massena Business Development Corporation. and Bion Technologies on the Probability of Nuisance Odors from the Proposed Feeding Operations of Bion Technologies
Prepared by Philip K. Hopke, Stefan Grimberg & Shane Rogers October 31, 2007
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Dairy Farm Atmospheric Emissions Control Using a Microaerobic Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Process
Morris, James W.; Northrop, Jere; Bloom, George W.; and Pagano, Stephen J.; (2007) Proceedings International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture, September 15-19, 2007, Broomfield, Colorado.
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Nutrient and Atmospheric Emissions Performance of a Microaerobic Biological Nutrient Removel Process (BNR) Treating Dairy Residuals
by James W. Morris, Ph.D., P.E., Jere Northrop, Ph.D., George W. Bloom, P.E., and Steve Pagano. From the proceedings of the 2005 Animal Waste Management Symposium, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 5-7, 2005
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Bion Announces the results from its Commercial-Scale Pollution Mitigation Study
