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Petroleum Remediation Products PRP

PRP® Development

Petrolrum Remwdiation Products (PRP®) is built around the spinoff technology from NASA. PRP® is the result of the innovative work by scientists at NASA and has been awarded the prestigious NASA Hall of Fame award. Nanotechnology allows the wax micro spheres to adsorb and degrade even the smallest particle of oil in water or on land.

PRP® developed in Space to keep our Earth Clean

What is PRP®?

How Does PRP® Work?

PRP (Petroleum Remediation Product is a bioremediation accelerator developed in the USA. PRP Powder is based on technology developed by NASA scientists and is an award-winning product included in the NASA Hall of Fame. It’s NATO Stock Number is NSN 4235-01-388-6027.

Made from powdered bees wax spheres, and is designed to absorb and remediate spilled oil, diesel and petrol on water and on land.

PRP Powder is used for the bio-remediation of hydrocarbon spills or leaks. It is made from completely natural products – the base product being bees wax – is inert and non-toxic. PRP Powder is an all natural hydrocarbon absorbent that attracts and stimulates the natural microbial population to degrade oil on land or water.

PRP Powder consists of tiny spheres of treated bees wax, which contain nutrients. When a wax sphere comes in contact with spilled oil, it “binds” with or “encapsulates” the hydrocarbons. Nutrients in the bees wax sphere help micro-organisms (microbes) from the immediate environment to grow very rapidly in number – a cocoon effect. These microbes eat every droplet of the hydrocarbons, breaking them down into the constituent parts – CO₂ (carbon dioxide) and H₂O (water). PRP Powder will absorb and remediate, over time, more than 20 times its weight in hydrocarbons.

PRP uses an award winning NASA-developed encapsulation process enabling production of buoyant capsules, which never sink, even when fully saturated with oil. The uniqueness of PRP and its delivery system is apparent when attempting to treat water borne hydrocarbons spills under different climatic conditions. PRP serves as the initial catalyst in which the micro-organisms flourish and produce increased amounts of hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes.

Where to use PRP Powder

It can be used for various oil, fuel and other liquid petroleum hydrocarbon cleanup applications such as:

Fuel or oil spilled on land or ground
Oil contaminated railway lines
Oil spills on rocky shorelines or on sandy beaches
Cleaning the oil soaked feathers of sea fowl
Contaminated inland waterways or marinas
Hydraulic fluid spills in industrial plants
Vehicle leaks
Oil wells & oil field spills
Transformer vaults
Maintenance facilities
On concrete such as airport taxiways, motorways and garage forecourts
Interceptor tanks in garages, warehouses, airports and harbours
Antifreeze lakes at airports

The Advantages of PRP Powder

It can be used for various oil, fuel and other liquid petroleum hydrocarbon cleanup applications such as:

PRP is a 100% natural way to bio-remediate oil, petrol, diesel and other hydrocarbon spills.
It captures and erases oil spills with NASA based bio-remediation science
It bonds with and converts the hydrocarbon into carbon dioxide and water
It eliminates the viscosity of the oil so as to prevent skids
It reduces the fire hazard of the spilled fuel
The bi-products are non toxic and 100% environmentally safe.
As spills are dealt with in situ, the expense of excavating and transporting away, sometimes abroad, are eliminated
It is a non-invasive means of cleaning up nature’s mess
It can be applied directly to any spills of heavy oil, meaning a very quick clean-up process

PRP is nature’s way or dealing with nature’s problems.

PRP® Application

PRP Powder can be applied on soil, water, rocks, marshland, beaches, lakes, rivers and railway lines, to name but a number of applications

Analysis – Seawater and most fresh water lakes and rivers require little or no analysis – as oil floating on water is highly visible.
Soil must be analyzed to determine the amounts of hydrocarbon (parts per million, ppm) before any applications are made. If detergents or surfactants are present they will render the Nanobite Powder ineffective.
It is recommended to spread 1/16 inch (2mm) to 1/8 inch (4mm) of Nanobite Powder on to the top of the entire contaminated soil or water area, by sprinkling or spraying. When working large areas of contamination, a hydro-seeder is recommended
If water is not present, apply a sprinkling of water over the entire area, keep soil moist, rain or heavy dew is sufficient for the product/microbes to work.
Tap water is not recommended; it generally has chlorine in it and will kill the indigenous microbes preventing bio-remediation or will slow the process way down.
Inspect the contaminated soil weekly, when the surface oil is no longer visible, till the contaminated area and reapply another layer of PRP Powder. Repeat the process until all of the contamination is gone. Please note: complete cleaning of the contamination can take different amounts of time depending on the level of contamination and weather conditions.
Ph – PRP works at its optimum when the Ph is between 3 & 8, but has worked in the 11 range. Alkalinity and Turbidity are generally not an issue; Sediment is also not an issue, though we have on occasion seen a reduction where PRP Powder was used.
PRP Powder optimum bio-remediation performance range is 40 to 95 degrees F (4 to 35 degrees C).
Encapsulation or absorption occurs regardless of temperature – no restrictions.
Test on absorption have been successfully conducted in a range of -60 to 125 degrees F(-51 to 52 degrees C) .
When Ph, purity of hydrocarbon contamination, sun, rain, etc. are at optimal levels, remediation will take place in the 34 to 110 degree F. (1 to 43 degrees C) range.
Heat and PRP Powder are not totally compatible. As indicated above, PRP Powder works well in a wide temperature range, but the application process has some problems when something is used other than a hydro-seeder. Drop or spin spreaders will not work for very long when the temperature goes above 90 degrees F. and is generally replaced by manual applications.
Methods of applying PRP range from a simple hand sprinkle to portable, mechanized hydro seeders.

PRP Powder Testing Schedule

PRP Powder’s initial efficacy was quantified under simulated field conditions. This efficacy study was conducted by an independent environmental technology evaluation organisation known as the National Environmental Technology Applications Corporation (NETAC). NETAC was key in the development of methods currently used by the U.S. EPA to evaluate biological methods that enhance oil spill degradation. There are five key findings of the study:

PRP enhances the biodegrading of diesel fuel as compared to non-stimulated natural population of micro organisms.
PRP treatment reduced the presence of aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds by 97% and aromatic compounds by 76%; reduction in the control product were 48% of aliphatic compounds and 5% of aromatic compounds.
PRP interacts with diesel fuel oil to form a matrix, producing a mixture which is solid and relatively stable.
No enhancement in biodegradation was found in the control group of sorbents.
PRP used in conjunction with an absorbent and a boom, absorbs petroleum products and enhances the biodegradation of diesel fuel oil by absorption into the sorbent boom.

PRP Powder is now in use in multiple remediation scenarios across a wide spectrum of industries.