Dialytics, Inc - A Marine oriented Research, Development, and Commercialization Company with a focus to provide and advance innovative and Renewable Water Food Energy Nexus Solutions to a Developing World
- Salinity Gradient Power (SGP) Energy Generation
- Microalgal/Diatom Aquaculture for Feeds, Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Bioproducts
- Marine bio-waste reduction, reuse, and utilization: Biodegradable and Biocompatible Chitin/Chitosan Gels and Membranes along with Biogenic Silica
- Dialytics, Inc.
700 Chevy Chase DriveSafety Harbor, Fl 34695WebSite: www.Dialytics.com
Small Business DUNS: 141607825CAGE Code: 33LC8
Dialytics is a University of South Florida CONNECT Tampa Bay Technology Incubator
Member in good standing
Interested in discussions with potential providers of Squid (pen), Crab, and Shrimp Shell Bio-Waste
Contact: Dr. Clifford R. Merz, PE - President/FounderEmail: cmerz@dialytics.comPhone: 727-409-0770 (M)
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Salinity Gradient Power (SGP)
- Besides wind and solar based renewable energy technologies, marine energy sources such as Salinity Gradient Power are under investigation. If “fresh” (e.g., river or brackish water) and “salty” (i.e., seawater or highly saline brines) waters mix in a controlled fashion, their physicochemical potentials can be harnessed for conversion into usable energy if separated by a suitable membrane. This is the basic premise for SGP generation, with an estimated power potential worldwide of ~2 TW. Unlike other sources of sustainable renewable energy, SGP is less variable as it simply relies on natural variations in salt concentrations between seawater and freshwater sources driven via the global evaporation and precipitation hydrologic cycle. SGP produces no climate altering emissions, requires little or no fuel costs, and the salts are not consumed in the process. Several different SGP approaches are under investigation.
Microalgal and Bio-Waste Recovered Bioproduction
Human activities, such as overconsumption and overpopulation, have contributed to environmental deterioration of the biophysical environment through resource depletion, ecosystem and habitat destruction, and pollution. Micoalgae and specifically Diatoms, have significant potential for sustainable aquaculture production with the needed focus of the entire enterprise towards a multi-product biorefinery structure to contribute positively to the overall success of the operation by improving the bottom-line process economics. Seafood waste is a potential source of raw material for chitin extraction. New cleaner and greener microorganism based biological extraction approaches are needed to generate a high quality chitin while reducing high concentration chemical effluents.
Recent SGP Publications:
Merz, C.R., 2008. Investigation and Evaluation of a Membrane Based Seawater Concentration Cell and Its Suitability as a Low Power Energy Source for Energy Harvesting/MEMS Devices, University of South Florida PhD Manuscript, Copyright December 2008.
Merz, C.R., 2010. Issued US Patent 7,736,791 - "Dialytic Power Generator Using Diffusion Gradients". With several other applications under review at the USPTO.
Merz, C.R., Moreno, W.A., Barger, M., Lipka, S. Salinity Gradient Power (SGP): A Developmental Roadmap Covering Existing Generation Technologies and Recent Investigative Results into the Feasibility of Bipolar Membrane Based Salinity Gradient Power Generation. Technology and Innovation, Vol. 14:3/4, pp. 249-275, December 2012. Cognizant Communication Corporation doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/194982412X13500042168857. Merz, C.R., 2019. Physicochemical and Colligative Investigation of Alpha (Shrimp Shell) and Beta (Squid Pen) Chitosan Membranes: Concentration Gradient Driven Water Flux and Ion Transport for Salinity Gradient Power and Separation Process Operations. American Chemical Society (ACS) Omega, 4, pp. 21027-21040. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.9b02357.
Merz, C.R., 2010. Issued US Patent 7,736,791 - "Dialytic Power Generator Using Diffusion Gradients". With several other applications under review at the USPTO.
Merz, C.R., Moreno, W.A., Barger, M., Lipka, S. Salinity Gradient Power (SGP): A Developmental Roadmap Covering Existing Generation Technologies and Recent Investigative Results into the Feasibility of Bipolar Membrane Based Salinity Gradient Power Generation. Technology and Innovation, Vol. 14:3/4, pp. 249-275, December 2012. Cognizant Communication Corporation doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/194982412X13500042168857. Merz, C.R., 2019. Physicochemical and Colligative Investigation of Alpha (Shrimp Shell) and Beta (Squid Pen) Chitosan Membranes: Concentration Gradient Driven Water Flux and Ion Transport for Salinity Gradient Power and Separation Process Operations. American Chemical Society (ACS) Omega, 4, pp. 21027-21040. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.9b02357.
Recent Microalgal and Bioproduction Publications:
- Merz, C.R., Main, K.L., 2014. Microalgae (Diatom) Production - The Aquaculture and Biofuel Nexus". Oceans'14 - St. John's, 14-19 September 2014 Newfoundland, Canada, pp. 1-10. IEEE Xplore doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003242. Merz, C.R., Main, K.L., 2017. Microalgae Bioproduction – Feeds, Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Polymers. Chapter 5 of Fuels, Chemicals and Materials from the Oceans and Aquatic Sources, pp. 84-112. Eds. Kerton, F.M., Yan, N., John Wiley & Sons Ltd., doi: 10.1002/9781119117193.ch5. Gordon, R., Merz, C.R., Gurke, S. and Schoefs, B., 2019. Bubble farming: Scalable Microcosms for Diatom Biofuel and the Next Green Revolution. Chapter 22 of Diatoms: Fundamentals & Applications [DIFA, Volume 1 in the series: Diatoms: Biology & Applications, series editors: Richard Gordon & Joseph Seckbach]. J. Seckbach and R. Gordon, Wiley-Scrivener, Beverly, MA, USA: 583-654, doi:10.1002/9781119370741.ch22.
- Merz, C.R., Arora, N., Welch, M., Lo, E., and Philippidis, G. P., 2023. Microalgal Cultivation Characteristics using Commercially Available Air-Cushion Packaging Material as a Photobioreactor. Scientific Reports, 13, 3792.
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30080-6.