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Intensive farming and industrial processes that produce fertilizer have greatly increased the amount of fixed nitrogen in the environment. An excess of ammonia in the environment is a common form of pollution, and leads to increased algae growth (eutrophication) that potentially starves other water-borne organisms for oxygen. | Intensive farming and industrial processes that produce fertilizer have greatly increased the amount of fixed nitrogen in the environment. An excess of ammonia in the environment is a common form of pollution, and leads to increased algae growth (eutrophication) that potentially starves other water-borne organisms for oxygen. | ||
Our project reverses nitrogen fixation, and is a means to clean up polluted streams and wastewater. The final product is nitrous oxide, which can be sold as a commercial product or reclaimed and used as a fuel source. | Our project reverses nitrogen fixation, and is a means to clean up polluted streams and wastewater. The final product is nitrous oxide, which can be sold as a commercial product or reclaimed and used as a fuel source. | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, 12 August 2013
Intensive farming and industrial processes that produce fertilizer have greatly increased the amount of fixed nitrogen in the environment. An excess of ammonia in the environment is a common form of pollution, and leads to increased algae growth (eutrophication) that potentially starves other water-borne organisms for oxygen. Our project reverses nitrogen fixation, and is a means to clean up polluted streams and wastewater. The final product is nitrous oxide, which can be sold as a commercial product or reclaimed and used as a fuel source.
