Melissa technology

IPStar represents MELiSSA in its offering to industry for solutions to many present-day industrial problems and consumer requirements. These often relate to -but are certainly not restricted to- environmental and renewable issues. The covered fields of application are:

· Air revitalisation

· Water recycling

· Waste management

· Food production

· Contaminant removal

· Safety, quality control

· Energy efficiency and simulations

MELiSSA successfully transferred some technologies with the support of the ESA transfer technology office (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Technology_Transfer/). A few concrete examples of MELiSSA technology (www.estec.esa.nl/ecls/ ?p=phase4) spin-offs deserve to be listed:

BIOSTYR®

Resulting from the MELiSSA nitrifying compartment, a new bacterial support has been identified (e.g. BIOSTYR®) in collaboration with the company Veolia (F). More than a billion m3 of wastewater are treated per day, in over 100 towns.

Biomass sensor

In order to quantify immobilised biomass (i.e. biotechnologies) and/or biomass within sludges, a new biomass sensor has been developed with the company NTE. The world leader of sparkling wine (Frexeinet) is using 20 of these sensors on line. The market has been estimated to 1000 units/year.

Concordia

Although considered in Phase 3, the grey and black water treatment units that will be implemented in the Concordia station, in Antarctica, are also an example of a technology transfer success story.

	The MELiSSA technology
	IPStar represents MELiSSA in its offering to industry for solutions to many present-day industrial problems and consumer requirements. These often relate to -but are certainly not restricted to- environmental and renewable issues. The covered fields of application are: · Air revitalisation · Water recycling · Waste management · Food production · Contaminant removal · Safety, quality control · Energy efficiency and simulations MELiSSA successfully transferred some technologies with the support of the ESA transfer technology office (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Technology_Transfer/). A few concrete examples of MELiSSA technology (www.estec.esa.nl/ecls/ ?p=phase4) spin-offs deserve to be listed: BIOSTYR® Resulting from the MELiSSA nitrifying compartment, a new bacterial support has been identified (e.g. BIOSTYR®) in collaboration with the company Veolia (F). More than a billion m3 of wastewater are treated per day, in over 100 towns. Biomass sensor In order to quantify immobilised biomass (i.e. biotechnologies) and/or biomass within sludges, a new biomass sensor has been developed with the company NTE. The world leader of sparkling wine (Frexeinet) is using 20 of these sensors on line. The market has been estimated to 1000 units/year. Concordia Although considered in Phase 3, the grey and black water treatment units that will be implemented in the Concordia station, in Antarctica, are also an example of a technology transfer success story.