STRP

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Climate-Smart Electrocatalytic Membrane Technology Transforms Nitrate Pollution into Enhanced Ammonium Salt Fertilizer

Lead: Wen Zhang

Partner: Ed Weinberg, P.E. President ESSRE Consulting, Inc. Phone: (215) 630-0546 Fax: (215) 355-8050 Email: ed.weinberg@essree.com

Amount: $75000

Intellectual Property Status: Patent

Award Date: 01/01/2024

End Date: 12/31/2025

ABSTRACT

Dr. Wen Zhang’s group at NJIT plans to develop novel flow-through electrocatalytic membrane systems to recover nutrients such as nitrate or ammonia (NH3). This cutting-edge electrocatalytic membrane technology has proven effective for NO3b conversion into NH3 with concurrent NH3 recovery as valuable products such as ammonia salt fertilizers.