AUTOMATED BIOREMEDIATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring the effectiveness of a bioremediation, the system comprising:
- two or more bioremediation stations distributed spatially within a bioremediation area, each bioremediation station operable to measure a parameter associated with the bioremediation, each of the bioremediation stations being in peer-to-peer communication with another of the bioremediation stations to define a dynamically networked arrangement of bioremediation stations within the bioremediation area;
one or more communication stations in communication with at least one of the bioremediation stations to access the networked arrangement of the bioremediation stations and base stations; and
a central system in communication with the communication station and having programming instructions to analyze the effectiveness of the bioremediation from data collected by the two or more bioremediation stations.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a bioremediation system and bioremediation methods provide for automatically measuring the progress of a bioremediation effort and automatically adjusting the bioremediation. In embodiments, one or more bioremediation stations are deployed in the geographic area associated with the bioremediation. The bioremediation stations provide measurement of important environment characteristics that help determine the progress of the bioremediation. Each set of data from each bioremediation station can be integrated into a single comprehensive assessment of the bioremediation across a portion or all of the geographical area. If an adjustment needs to be made to the bioremediation, a control message can be sent to the bioremediation station that can then automatically make the adjustment.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring the effectiveness of a bioremediation, the system comprising:
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two or more bioremediation stations distributed spatially within a bioremediation area, each bioremediation station operable to measure a parameter associated with the bioremediation, each of the bioremediation stations being in peer-to-peer communication with another of the bioremediation stations to define a dynamically networked arrangement of bioremediation stations within the bioremediation area; one or more communication stations in communication with at least one of the bioremediation stations to access the networked arrangement of the bioremediation stations and base stations; and a central system in communication with the communication station and having programming instructions to analyze the effectiveness of the bioremediation from data collected by the two or more bioremediation stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring a bioremediation, the method comprising:
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collecting data from a plurality of bioremediation stations distributed spatially within a bioremediation area, each of the bioremediation stations being in peer-to-peer communication with another of the bioremediation stations to define a dynamically networked arrangement of bioremediation stations within the bioremediation area, at least one of the bioremediation stations having a detector; and determining the effectiveness of the bioremediation in one or more portions of the bioremediation area from the collected data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A bioremediation station for monitoring or adjusting a bioremediation, the bioremediation station comprising:
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one or more detectors operable to monitor one or more parameters associated with a bioremediation; a remediation system operable to introduce one or more agents into the environment to adjust the bioremediation; a communications interface operable to communicate with one or more other bioremediation stations to create a peer-to-peer network; and a microcontroller in communication with the one or more detectors, the remediation system, and the communications interface, the microcontroller operable to send parameter measurements from the one or more detectors, send the parameter measurements to a central system via the communications interface, receive an adjustment command via the communications interface, and to execute the command with the remediation system.
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