CAMBRIDGE, ON, Feb. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lystek International, an award winning biosolid technology company and the University of Waterloo have been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant to explore how Lystek technology can be further used to improve anaerobic digestion for energy recovery in a variety of settings.
"We are thrilled to be partnering once again with the University of Waterloo," commented Dr. Ajay Singh, Technical Director for Lystek. "The original Lystek biosolid technology was incubated at Waterloo and we have relied on scientists from the university at every stage of our commercial development. This grant is a natural extension of our past collaborations and we hope will be just as productive as we explore more beneficial uses for biosolids."
The funding will support lab-based research around a specific step of the patented Lystek process. With this grant support, Dr. H.S. Lee from the University and Dr. Singh will combine their academic and industrial research backgrounds to explore new applications for the Lystek technology in a novel three-stage anaerobic digester for enhanced hydrogen and methane production. NSERC grants are awarded to help academic and industrial researchers collaborate and bring new technologies to market.
"One of the greatest thrills for a researcher is to see their knowledge used to grow something new," commented Dr. Lee. "This NSERC Engage grant will allow our team to look at additional ways the Lystek process could be used to improve the efficiency of anaerobic digestion systems for energy generation."