A -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION: GROUNDWATER WELL WITH REACTIVE FILTER PACK

Notice Date

December 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), P.O. Box 999, (MSIN K3-04), Richland, WA 99352

ZIP Code

99352

Solicitation Number

11431

Response Due

April 1, 2002

Point of Contact

Licensing, Technology Commercialization, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MSIN: K9-89, Richland, Washington 99352 [Phone: 509-375-6401] [e-mail: technology@pnl.gov]

E-Mail Address

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Description

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology (hereinafter referred to as "technology"). License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a sponsored research agreement or CRADA program. This invention uses the filter pack(s) of a well as a reactive "filter". The additives in the filter pack react with contaminants moving through it to degrade or stabilize the contaminant in place. When coupled with a recirculating groundwater well (extract water from one subsurface zone and inject into a second zone within the same well) it forms a remediation system that detoxifies or stabilizes contamination in the subsurface. A filter pack in a well is typically made of sand and is designed to separate the formation material from the well screen and increase the effective hydraulic diameter of the well. For this invention, sand is replaced with or impregnated with absorbents, bio-amendments, oxidants or reductants to form a selective reactive barrier that would detoxify or stabilize targeted contamination while permitting non-targeted groundwater constituents to pass through the filter pack freely. Dissolved constituents and volatile contaminants can equally well be treated. US Patent No. 5,803,174. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Any company interested in licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than 30 days from the publication date of this Notice summarizing the company's business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology. Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011219/ASOL001.HTM (W-351 SN5153F1)