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                                      MYCELX Frequently Asked Questions
How does MYCELX work?
What materials can MYCELX remove from solution?
How quickly can MYCELX remove contaminants?
How can I tell when the filter is used up?
How much water can be treated with a MYCELX filter?
Does the MYCELX infusion have a shelf life or will it wear off over time?
Is MYCELX toxic?
How do you dispose of used materials?
What is the MYCELX compound based upon?
How does it work?
How is the MYCELX "tailored" to applications?
What cost savings are associated with the use of MYCELX?
Can MYCELX filters be retrofitted?
What type of membranes or filter processes are used with MYCELX technology?
Approximately how long would a MYCELX filter last before it needs to be replaced?
 

How does MYCELX work?
MYCELX is infused so that it is homogeneously dispersed throughout the base materials. As pollutants come in contact with the MYCELX, they are solubilized into the infused MYCELX coating, making them hydrophobic and thickening them so they will not re-disperse into the solution.
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What materials can MYCELX remove from solution?
MYCELX is capable of removing organic solvents, organically bound metals, sheen, PCBs, insecticides, oil and grease, chlorinateds, and other C1 through C10+ organics.
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How quickly can MYCELX remove contaminants?
Typically, MYCELX filters remove the contaminants in a single pass through the filter with typically 99.9% efficiency.
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How can I tell when the filter is used up?
The filters do not increase head pressure or plug up when they fully saturate. Once they fully saturate, the filter will not be able to remove any further contamination from solution and will simply allow it to bypass the filter. You may choose to install a conductivity meter or Hydrocarbon sensor.
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How much water can be treated with a MYCELX filter?
MYCELX filters are totally unaffected by the amount of water passing through them. They will only become saturated by pollutants in the water.
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Does the MYCELX infusion have a shelf life or will it wear off over time?
No. MYCELX is permanently attached to the filter membrane and will not wear off or lose strength.
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Is MYCELX toxic?
No. It is a non-hazardous / nontoxic material that will not dissolve or migrate in water. It has been declared compliant to section 300.915 of the NCP by the EPA. It has also been found by California Fish & Game to be nontoxic and is approved for oil spill cleanup.
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How do you dispose of used materials?
The used materials must be disposed of according to local, state and federal regulations. The products are excellent for disposal using incineration because of their low water absorption, low ash content (less than .2%), and high BTU value, if oil or flammables are absorbed.
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What is the MYCELX compound based upon?
MYCELX is our patented compound that is formed as a synthesis product of a natural drying, semi-drying or non-drying oil and a synthetic polymer. The synthesis forms an entirely new molecule that never before existed. The MYCELX was actually issued two new CAS (Chemical Abstract Services) numbers by the American Chemical Society.
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How does it work?
MYCELX is infused into any number of substrates to bring it in contact with pollutants in water. MYCELX infused materials are able to remove 99+% of pollutants from water in a single pass. Once the pollutants such as Hydrocarbons (oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, sheen), Chlorinated Solvents, & PCBs come in contact with the MYCELX they are instantly bonded to the material and become extremely hydrophobic (repellent to water) and viscoelastic (thickened) so they want to get out of the water stream.
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How is the MYCELX "tailored" to applications?
Our patent covers hundreds of blends of MYCELX. Our R&D department is able to pick and synthesize formulations that have very specific properties to address specific pollutants or waste stream conditions such as high temperatures or pH levels.
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What cost savings are associated with the use of MYCELX?
MYCELX infused materials will not absorb water when used to remove oil and other pollutants from the water. Normally, oil sorbents absorb 10 times their weight in water when they are used in an oil spill application. All of that water cost a lot of money to haul off, both in weight and in gallons. MYCELX materials only absorb the pollutants so when they are saturated, only the MYCELX material and the pollutant is left. Also, because of the low water drag out weight MYCELX materials are able to be incinerated and often can be used for power generation because of their high BTU value.
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Can MYCELX filters be retrofitted?
Yes, absolutely. We manufacture MYCELX filter cartridges in standard double open end (DOE) 10, 20, and 30 inch lengths which can be used in standard filter housings.
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What type of membranes or filter processes are used with MYCELX technology?
We are able to infuse any type of membrane with MYCELX but we offer 10, 20 & 30 inch standard DOE filter cartridges, 10 & 20 inch 4.5 inch diameter filters, 10 & 30inch 200 Degree F High Temperature filters, 1 micron PCB Filters, MYCELX Filter Sand (MYCELX SMS), MYCELX SilaKleen, and Reverse Osmosis Protection Filters as standard items.
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Approximately how long would a MYCELX filter last before it needs to be replaced?
For example: One MYCELX MX-4 Filter Unit (which contains 4 - 30" MYCELX filter cartridges and flows up to 60 gpm) can treat 38,000 gallons of 10 ppm Benzene tainted water down to zero ppm in a single pass.
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World's Safest Biodegradable Descaler

How Water causes Scale Build-up problems?
What is hard water contains that causes scaling?
How scale build-up causes inefficiency?
What other problems can accrue in ongoing operation?
How mineral acids as an alternative can harm your budget?
Why use Dynamic Descaler to solve your water scaling problems?
How can you determine the solution to your problems?
Where could you apply Dynamic Descaler?
Why prefer to use Dynamic Descaler to any other organic competition?

 

 How Water causes Scale Build-up problems? Water is one of the Universe’s best solvents. Given enough time, it will dissolve any organic or inorganic material. It surrounds foreign particles, such as minerals, entrapping them in what scientists refer to as "complexes."  That's why water usually has a high mineral content. These dissolved minerals are not a part of the water itself. They are "captives" that the water has surrounded and is carrying along with it. The number of mineral complexes in water determines how "hard" the water is. The more minerals it carries, the harder it is considered to be.

When water is stored, heated or evaporates, the complexes it carries are broken up and the dissolved minerals are set free. These liberated minerals (most of which are calcium carbonate or magnesium) conglomerate in sediments that line the insides of pipes, appliances, water heaters, and other surfaces with which the water comes in contact. Over time, more and more minerals build up on the sediment layer, causing it to grow progressively thicker. There is a name for these caked-on mineral deposits: scale. The limestone that forms the Swiss Alps and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is basically scale. Lime scale is a very hard substance, and removing it from plumbing fixtures and appliances is a difficult task.

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What is hard water contains that causes scaling?

Hard water contains high level of calcium, magnesium, and other divalent , that results to harmful scale build-up and millions of dollars in lose.

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How scale build-up causes inefficiency?

Scale build-up reduces the water flow, decreases heat transfer that result a higher energy and chemical cost, also causes clogged water pipes, reduced water pressure, frozen valves, hard film deposits on equipments, and many other operating problems.

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What other problems can accrue in ongoing operation?

Fuel is another fluid that causes problems if not treated, while scale build-up is not a problem in a gasoline and diesel fuel. Incomplete combustion is. Combustion is never complete in gasoline and diesel engine. This is readily visible in the accumulations of carbon in combustion chambers and valves, and in the varnish that forms in injectors and carburetors. Incomplete combustion results in harmful emission, as well as decreases fuel efficiency and engine performance, like scale build-up in water these problems tale millions of dollars out of your pocket and harm the Environment.

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How mineral acids as an alternative can harm your budget?

It’s very costly to shut down the system during cleaning session using regular old fashion acids, water has a high silica content that contributes to the potential for silica sacle build-up that leads to ultimate system shut down and waste millions of dollars, and that it self may very well be a factor on a cleaning schedule, Ignore the scaling problem causes inefficiency and end by a complete damage to the unit, use of mineral acids such as Ammonium Bifluoride (ABF) to clean Silica Scale from heat exchangers, Chillers, and piping, it has rust inhibitors added to the cleaning solution to reduce corrosion of base metals and still cannot 100% avoid rust and corrosion to the equipments, Mineral acids causes stress on metals that results a costly sooner replacement, cleaning of heat exchangers, cooling towers, compressors, turbines, wells, pipelines, and many other equipments and components generates a significant amount of waste that requires an immediate off-site transfer for a costly chemical waste management and disposal, harm to human may be very costly

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Why use Dynamic Descaler to solve your water scaling problems? Dynamic Descaler is patented organic 100% safe and biodegradable solution, very effective that will put your scaling problems away, Dynamic Descaler is a corrosion control solution that help in penetration of the deposits and removal of the partially scale, greatly extends cleaning activity allowing an overall cost reduction in cleaning solution usage, it carries one of the lowest corrosion rate, the best in its class and the least cost solution world-wide.

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How can you determine the solution to your problems?

We help you identify the problem by using state of the art analysis to determine the amount of solution and time of suggested cleaning session and shows the advantages of using Dynamic Descaler.

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Where could you apply Dynamic Descaler?

Refineries, Utilities, Mining, Manufactures, Automotive, Rubber and plastic, Paper, Steel, Textile, Food and Pharmaceutical, bottling industries, water and wastewater treatment plants. As well as commercial sites and buildings, Dynamic Descaler is a proven solution to clean Heat Exchangers, Closed Circuit Cooling Systems, Filters, Towers, Condensers, Air Washers, Piping, Vacuum Pumps, Converters, Chillers, Compressors, Reactors, Furnaces, CO2 Generators, Injection molders, Conveyors and much more units.

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Why prefer to use Dynamic Descaler to any other organic competition?

While other cleaners can take days to solve a problem, Dynamic Descaler takes hours to make your water problems disappear, it was proven by the test of US Navy analysis that Dynamic Descaler has lower corrosion rate that all competitors, as well as scaling dissolving ability, the test shows the great advantage of Dynamic Descaler to dissolve Calcium Carbonate, and in a scale neutralizing ability testing shows that Dynamic Descaler dissolve 56% more scale that other competitors.     

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How does an Ecosorb Odor Control System work?
Is Ecosorb an Environmentally Friendly Solution?
How Ecosorb can improve air quality?
How does Ecosorb works in comparison to other competitions?
What are the advantages of Ecosorb over other odor treatment methods?
How odor can affect health and human environment?
Are all odors bad in smell?
How can Ecosorb be a plus financial factor for management?
Who benefits by using Ecosorb?

How does an Ecosorb Odor Control System work?

Ecosorb operates as a molecular cluster; it is most often diluted with water and applied via atomization system designed by your Ecosorb specialist to better fit your needs. The mix in these droplets separates the oil forming a thin film over the water droplet itself. This creates electrostatic charge over its outer surface that attracts the malodor molecules. It even bonds with particles that do not have dipoles such as chlorine gas and carbon dioxide. Although the water droplet is quite minute, it is still large enough to capture the malodor molecules and effect the neutralization process, Ecosorb remains airborne until the droplet saturates and falls to the ground, this makes Ecosorb 100% effective.

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Is Ecosorb an Environmentally Friendly Solution?

Yes, Ecosorb is a unique blend of natural essential oils and food grade emulsifiers mixed to create a broad-spectrum odor control compound, it 100% safe non-toxic, biodegradable, effective odor control solution.

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How Ecosorb can improve air quality?

Ecosorb chemically converts foul and potentially harmful gases into non-odorous byproducts. Ecosorb breaks down and reduces a broad spectrum of organic and inorganic odors, and proven to reduce hydrogen sulfide emissions to acceptable air quality standards.

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How does Ecosorb works in comparison to other competitions?

Ecosorb odor control systems solve malodor problems indoors and outdoors, many competitive products act merely as deodorizers or masking agents that cover up the malodor with a floral, fruity, or other scent, with no scientific proof many competitive claim to react like Ecosorb, in fact the use of hazardous compounds was brought to by those competitors to eliminate odors, many of are gas specific and many others simply do not work.


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What are the advantages of Ecosorb over other odor treatment methods?

The most popular abatement equipments available are:

  • Chemical Scrubbers, which works with acids, caustics, oxidizers, and surfactants to aid in eliminating odors, it is a very popular system because of its standards and understood technology, but it is a very high cost operation.

  • Adsorption, simply means condense and hold onto the surface, Activated Carbon, Zeolite and Silica Gel may be used as adsorbents, it could be very tricky because of the wide variety of activated carbon, so extra care must be taken to select the correct carbon grade for the proposed application. Plus the fact that in some applications the chosen activated carbon is ineffective on compounds such as ammonia and urea, also activated charcoal is reversible in nature, which allows the odor to return if the activated charcoal is heated, even in ambient conditions.

  • Ozone, one of the most powerful oxidants, it is toxic so you should be using a well-designed ozone control system that consist of an ozone generator, an ozone meter, and an ozone destroyer, making the system very expensive.

  • Biological Filters, the range of microorganisms have the ability to oxidize odorous compounds, the biofilter consist of a large container packed with suitable fill-usually consisting of bark, twigs, pine needles and such media that have been saturated with micro-organisms. The odorous air stream is passed through the fill and the pollutant is digested, yielding carbon dioxide, water and mineral salts. The process should consider factors such as removal of dust, grease and inorganic matter from the air stream prior to entering the unit, the supply air flow and temperature must be constant since surges can kill the bacteria, as can large concentrations of gases, the unit shall be approved 100% humidity to keep the fill saturated, allowing the bacteria to work. It is a large unit, need a high moving and shipping cost, needs a fill replacements every 3-6 months.

  • Biological Oxidation, typical bioscrubber is advanced biofilter and consists of an adsorption column and one more bioreactor stage, the unit requires careful selection of the proper bacterial strain, for a effective performance, it is suitable for aromatic type odors such as methylene chloride, ketones, alcohols, ethers and chlorinated aromatics, VOC and Hydrocarbons, they are capable of reducing those odors, but it is a complicated expensive process.

  • Thermal & Catalytic Converters, very important waste gas purification technology as claimed by designers, but the fact is operation based on burning the odorous gas, and introduces a host of toxins and noxious substances into the air. Even thus with the development by burn the odorous dangerous gases and convert them into harmless substances by reacting them with specific catalysts, one problem still present even with the most advanced operating system which is the catalyst saturation and sterilization.

  • Incineration, industries that creates toxic waste are usually faced with a waste disposal problems, with a low cost disposal practices such as landfill sites and registered toxic dumps, are filling rapidly so that cost issue becomes irrelevant, also the process of destroying process and industrial waste by the incineration method can create toxins and more odors. Plus the danger of heat involved, very expensive method and not always effective.

  • Chemical Odor Neutralization,” ECOSORB “ offer an economical alternative to other processes by changing the odor molecule’s structure, modify it, unlike chemical masking agents or perfumes that superimpose a pleasant fragrance on an unpleasant odor, odor neutralizers absorb and convert malodors resulting in no odor at all. Ecosorb is a safe biodegradable odor control solution, very effective with the design of an atomization unit for each application, which is easy to operate.


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How odor can affect health and human environment?

Human can distinguish more than 5,000 odors, Odors can alter or create moods, causes increased heart rates, respiration, and blood pressure, pain, moreover continued exposure to odor can eventually cause atrophy of the olfactory apparatus. Odor can cause death

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Are all odors bad in smell?

Some odors are fruity like Acetaldehyde, some are sharp like ammonia, some are fishy like dibutylamine, some are irritating disagreeable like pyridine, some are putrid, garlic-like such as thiophenol, some are decayed cabbage like methyl mercaptan, and others has a rotten eggs odor like hydrogen sulfide.

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    How can Ecosorb be a plus financial factor for management?

Ecosorb will eliminate odorous gases leaves a clean air for employees for a better performance and efficiency hourly rate, no matter how you want to enforce your production schedule, it will not succeed unless employees work in a proper atmosphere, then production will increase, no more down time due to an impossible work air quality in many cases, plus the avoid the high risk of illness and high cost of medical treatment and extreme high risk of law sued cases against the causing industry that in many cases can settle by paying harmed employee millions of dollars.

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Who benefits by using Ecosorb?

Water and wastewater treatment plants, Solid waste handling facilities, Remediation sites, Refineries and petrochemicals, Pulp and paper mills, Asphalt processing plants, Food processing plants, Composite fabrication facilities, Utility plant, Tank cleaning applications, Metal casting facilities, Industrial waste streams, automotive painting and production plant, Slaughter houses, Malls, And many other applications which odor accrue.

 

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