US 12,168,252 B2
Environmental bioremediation substrate from animal by-products and use and formation thereof
Kevin Finneran, Clemson, SC (US)
Assigned to CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, SC (US)
Filed by CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, SC (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/454,995.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,573, filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0001337 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. B09C 1/10 (2006.01); B09C 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2023.01); C09K 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC B09C 1/10 (2013.01) [B09C 1/002 (2013.01); C02F 3/348 (2013.01); C09K 17/32 (2013.01); C02F 2305/06 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bioremediation substrate comprising;
an electron donor, the electron donor comprising;
a protein constituent in an amount of from about 40 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of the electron donor, the protein constituent comprising animal protein or fragments thereof, the animal protein or fragments thereof comprising bone meal, feather meal, meat and bone meal, or mixtures thereof,
a lipid constituent in an amount of from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of the electron donor, the lipid constituent comprising animal lipid; and
a microbial growth factor in an amount of about 10 wt. % or less of the bioremediation substrate, the microbial growth factor comprising a vitamin, a mineral, an amino acid, or a combination thereof.