biotal technologies established that it had the technical ability to develop a product that could be introduced into the marine industry to satisfy the problem of Black water pipe maintanence. biotal technologies set about the task of developing a product through its four step process of:

Ideas – applying their experience of utilizing natural materials for the reduction or control of microbes in an environment.

Research – working with their partner to push technical boundaries to create an advanced product.

Development – consider innovative delivery systems in combination with new combinations of actives.

Implementation – carryout trials to evaluate, re configure and produce the final product.

• Uric acid is a biologically produced material. It can, therefore, be degraded by microbes into more soluble compounds, preventing scale build up at source.
• biotal technologies realized it had to:
  • Discover a naturally occurring microbe which could degrade uric acid and other human organic waste.
  • The microbe must be film forming: to create a microscopic layer on the inside of the pipes to ensure continuous scale prevention.

• biotal technologies identified the specific requirements of the marine industry, focusing on the specific problem of Black water pipes.
• biotal scientists isolated and tested over 800 microbes for the ability to degrade uric acid, organic matter and be film forming.
• The selected microbes were then grown in fermenters, stabilised and formulated into products.

• Accelerated and real time stability tests were initiated.
  Delivery systems were trialed.
• From laboratory and small field scale trials, the most effective organisms were incorporated into a product for full scale trials.
• Initial concept was for a very concentrated product which was dosed manually into the system, by engineers.

• Tested on Silja Line ferries in the Baltic. Product was used for 18 months, with no blockages and no pipe replacements.