Kepler opens a new lab

Kepler, engineering and eco has recently opened along with the German company g. Meyer a new microbiology laboratory equipped with the latest news for the optimization of biological processes in the recovery of soils and waters, expanding the facilities that had previously. There are several legal provisions that regulate the actions and responsibilities in case there has been a situation of pollution that affects a site. Of particular relevance are the Royal Decree 9/2005 of soils Contaminados argues that the use of innovative techniques in the decontamination of land, also considering several legal references for decontamination in law 26/2007 environmental responsibilityas well as the regulation which develops the Act through Royal Decree 2090 of 2008.

There are many companies belonging to different sectors, as well as the business associated with different areas and estates grounds, in which contamination still undiscovered situations may be found. Also in the case of the transport of dangerous goods, and in general of all those environments where large quantities of dangerous products are driving, you might need the realization of a sustainable decontamination on the site.

The idea of using microbiological cultures to eliminate the soil pollution caused by hydrocarbons is based on that - in certain occasions - cleaning up the polluted site 'ex situ' - through the excavation of the site is not feasible from a technical point of viewespecially in places of difficult access or where the movement of land could lead to the displacement of roads or other elements of the environment. This often occurs in discharges of hydrocarbons produced as a result of accidents during the transport of dangerous goods. On the other hand, the economic cost of these write-downs through excavation and subsequent filling tends to be high and they generated a significant amount of waste that need to manage.

Based on previous studies that can be performed at a contaminated site and the results obtained in the microbiological tests carried out in a laboratory on the samples, proposals for use directed and optimized most appropriate microorganisms can be madewell isolated from the own soil or selected from a specific collection developed and amplified by the technical team of our company, to optimize the performance of the decontamination process, avoiding "failures" of implementation, with optimal results.

Strategy passes Kepler to offer to those companies, organizations and institutions that it may be required at each moment, customized solutions that minimize the environmental impacts, facilitating the recovery of the environment in which there has been the incident, the historic contamination, etc. The success of the projects undertaken through the use of best available techniques, taking advantage of the different lines of research in our Department pioneers at the international level.