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Kim, Gunjo, and Heejung Youn. "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Employing Environmental Isolates." Materials 9, no. 6 (June 15, 2016): 468. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma9060468.

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Kim, Gunjo, Janghwan Kim, and Heejung Youn. "Effect of Temperature, pH, and Reaction Duration on Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." Applied Sciences 8, no. 8 (August 1, 2018): 1277. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8081277.

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In this study, the amount of calcite precipitate resulting from microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) was estimated in order to determine the optimal conditions for precipitation. Two microbial species (Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Sporosarcina pasteurii) were tested by varying certain parameters such as (1) initial potential of hydrogen (pH) of urea-CaCl2 medium, (2) temperature during precipitation, and (3) the reaction duration. The pH values used for testing were 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, the temperatures were 20, 30, 40, and 50 °C, and the reaction durations were 2, 3, and 4 days. Maximum calcite precipitation was observed at a pH of 7 and temperature of 30 °C. Most of the precipitation occurred within a reaction duration of 3 days. Under similar conditions, the amount of calcite precipitated by S. saprophyticus was estimated to be five times more than that by S. pasteurii. Both the species were sensitive to temperature; however, S. saprophyticus was less sensitive to pH and required a shorter reaction duration than S. pasteurii.

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Kang, Chang-Ho, Sang-Hyun Han, YuJin Shin, Soo Ji Oh, and Jae-Seong So. "Bioremediation of Cd by Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 172, no. 4 (December 3, 2013): 1929–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-013-0626-z.

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Kang, Chang-Ho, Sang-Hyun Han, YuJin Shin, Soo Ji Oh, and Jae-Seong So. "Bioremediation of Cd by Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 172, no. 6 (January 24, 2014): 2907–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-014-0737-1.

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Al Qabany, Ahmed, Kenichi Soga, and Carlos Santamarina. "Factors Affecting Efficiency of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 138, no. 8 (August 2012): 992–1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0000666.

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Cunningham, A. B., H. Class, A. Ebigbo, R. Gerlach, A. J. Phillips, and J. Hommel. "Field-scale modeling of microbially induced calcite precipitation." Computational Geosciences 23, no. 2 (November 23, 2018): 399–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10596-018-9797-6.

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Yuan, Xiao Lu, Shi Hua Zhou, Wei Min Hu, Sen Yao Tan, and Deng Pan. "Effect of Cement Type and Air-Entraining Agent on Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation in Cement Paste." Advanced Materials Research 816-817 (September 2013): 758–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.816-817.758.

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The effect of cement type and the air-entraining agent on microbially induced carbonate precipitation in cement paste has been studied. Results indicate that after biodeposition treatment, Sulphoaluminate cement paste behaved with a higher growth rate of compressive strength than OPC paste. Incorporation of air-entraining agent increased the growth rate of compressive strength of sulphoaluminate cement paste. Calcite was formed through microbially induced carbonate precipitation in cement pastes. Sulphoaluminate cement paste achieved a larger amount of calcite than OPC paste.

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Zhang, T., and I. Klapper. "Mathematical model of biofilm induced calcite precipitation." Water Science and Technology 61, no. 11 (June 1, 2010): 2957–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.064.

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Microbially modulated carbonate precipitation is a fundamentally important phenomenon of both engineered and natural environments. In this paper, we propose a mixture model for biofilm induced calcite precipitation. The model consists of three phases – calcite, biofilm and solvent – which satisfy conservation of mass and momentum laws with addition of a free energy of mixing. The model also accounts for chemistry, mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid and electrodiffusion transport effects. Numerical simulations qualitatively capturing the dynamics of this process and revealing effects of kinetic parameters and external flow conditions are presented.

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Okyay, Tugba O., Hang N. Nguyen, Sarah L. Castro, and Debora F. Rodrigues. "CO2 sequestration by ureolytic microbial consortia through microbially-induced calcite precipitation." Science of The Total Environment 572 (December 2016): 671–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.199.

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Jeong, Jin-Hoon, Yoon-Soo Jo, Chang-Seon Park, Chang-Ho Kang, and Jae-Seong So. "Biocementation of Concrete Pavements Using Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 27, no. 7 (July 28, 2017): 1331–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1701.01041.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation"

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Dawoud, Osama M. F. "The applicability of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) for soil treatment." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709509.

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Akimana, Rosa Mystica. "Bacterial Activity and Precipitation Heterogeneity during Biomediated Calcite Precipitation for Soil Improvement." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1513381445346889.

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Porter, Hannah Elizabeth. "Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation." Thesis, Curtin University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75981.

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The Australian landscape has a large number of naturally cemented structures, which provide inspiration for a sustainable cementing material which does not produce carbon dioxide during the manufacturing phase. Structures such as corals, beach rocks and stromatolites are cemented through the process of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation, (MICP). This thesis reports on the potential for MICP as a replacement or augmentation to chemical binders in geomaterials and evaluates the sustainability of MICP using Life Cycle Analysis.

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Fuller, Jacob. "Strength Property Variability in Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation Soils." UNF Digital Commons, 2017. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/773.

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Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) is an attractive alternative for a variety geotechnical ground improvement practices commonly used today and has a variety of potential applications. This research focuses primarily on its use as a soil stabilization technique using the bacteria Sporosarcina Pasteurii and a single injection point percolation method adapted from previous research in granular soils. This method, and most published data, show an inherent variability in both physical and engineering properties due to the distribution of precipitated calcite within the specimen. The focus of this research is on the quantification of the variability in shear strength parameters induced by MICP treatment in sand. Also, on the initial development of a new treatment method which aims to reduce this inherent variability and offer a more feasible option for field applications. The MICP treated soil columns were sampled at constant intervals from the injection point and then subject to direct shear testing (DST) and calcite distribution analysis. This analysis reiterates previously documented reduction in cementation as distance from injection point increases. The reduction in cementation results in reduced shear strength parameter improvements. This research also concluded a minimum of two percent mass of calcite per total mass of treated soil for significant strength improvements.

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Davies, Matthew P. "Soil Improvement Using Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation and Surfactant Induced Soil Strengthening." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/837.

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Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been used for a number of years as a technique for the improvement of various geological materials. MICP has been used in a limited capacity in organic rich soils with varying degrees of success. Investigators hypothesized that microbially-induced cementation could be improved in organic soils by using a surfactant. Varying amounts of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) were added to soils of varying organic content and a mixing procedure was used to treat these soils via MICP. Treated specimens were tested for unconfined compressive strength (UCS). Results appeared to show direct relationships between SDS content and treated specimen strength although significant variability was present in the data. In addition, results also indicated that while addition of SDS during MICP treatment strengthens soil, the strengthening is likely from the formation of a calcium dodecyl sulfate (CDS) complex in which the CDS surrounds the soil in a matrix, and formation of MICP-induced calcite has very little to do with overall soil performance. As such, a new method for stabilizing loose soils dubbed ‘Surfactant-induced soil stabilization’ (SISS) was further explored by treating additional soil specimens. Samples treated using this technique showed increases in strength when compared to untreated specimens. In addition, preliminary data indicated that SISS treated specimens were insoluble. The SISS technique presents a number of advantages when compared to traditional soil stabilization techniques. In particular it should be relatively low-cost and simple to administer since its only components are SDS and calcium chloride. Additionally, these constituents are relatively more sustainable than chemicals associated with more-traditional loose soil stabilization techniques.

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Hommel, Johannes [Verfasser], and Holger [Akademischer Betreuer] Class. "Modelling biogeochemical and mass transport processes in the subsurface : investigation of microbially induced calcite precipitation / Johannes Hommel ; Betreuer: Holger Class." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1118369602/34.

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Phang, Ignatius Ren Kai. "Investigation of Strength and Consolidation Behaviour of Peat Treated Using Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP)." Thesis, Curtin University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86928.

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The study of Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) on organic soil has remained limited. This PhD study intends to fill the knowledge gap by studying MICP of tropical peat. Based on the finding, it was possible (i) to isolate bacteria strains from acidic tropical peat with high urea hydrolysis activities and capable of bio-cementation; (ii) to induce bio-cementation in acidic peat, which leads to strength gain and reduction of permeability; (iii) to improve consolidation behaviour.

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Cheng, Liang. "Innovative ground enhancement by improved microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation technology." Thesis, Cheng, Liang (2012) Innovative ground enhancement by improved microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation technology. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2012. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/15329/.

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The possibility of using microbiological processes to improve the mechanical properties of soil by undisturbed in-situ application has gained attention over recent years. This study has contributed to the technology of biocement, based on microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP), for the purpose of soil reinforcement application. MICP involves both the hydrolysis of urea by bacterial urease enzyme and calcium carbonate precipitation in the presence of dissolved calcium ions. Other previously published approaches were based on saturated flow (submersed flow), which is accomplished by pumping solutions from an injection point to a recovery point which is limited exclusively to water saturated soil. This work describes a new variation of in-situ soil reinforcement technology by using surface percolation via – for example – spray irrigation onto dry, free draining ground, such as dunes or dykes. In order to accomplish bacterial immobilization by surface percolation, it was necessary to alternately percolate bacterial suspension and cementation solution (CaCl2 and urea) to form sequential solution layers within the sand columns. By allowing Ca2+ ions diffusion between each layer bacterial immobilization could be enhanced from 30% to 80%. For a limited number of about 3 to 4 treatments this novel application method of cementation allowed homogeneous strength over the depth of the entire 1 m sand column. Although the strength was homogenous, CaCO3 analysis showed that about 3 times less crystals were precipitated in the top layer compared to the bottom layers suggesting differences in efficiency of the calcite crystal to provide strength. This work demonstrated that this efficiency of calcite crystals was related to the pore water content of the continuously drained column with less water content enabling more efficient strength formation. The geotechnical properties of bio-cemented sand samples under different degrees of saturation confirmed that higher strength could be obtained at lower degrees of saturation. To our knowledge, this study was the first study to demonstrate that the calcite crystals formed under a lower degree of saturation had more crystals formed in the contact points, contributing to the strength of the cemented samples. These preferred crystal formation was caused by the retained cementation solution situated in the form of menisci between sand particles at low degree of saturation. Scanning electron microscopy supported the idea that lower water contents lead to selective positioning of crystals at the bridging points between sand grains. After biocementation treatment, fine sand samples exhibited significant increase in cohesion from 1.1 to 280 kPa and friction angle from 23o to 41o. Similar improvements were also obtained for coarse sand samples. Overall, fine sand sample indicated higher cohesion but lower friction angle than coarse sand samples having similar CaCO3 content. The performance of cementation in large (2 m) laboratory scale trials indicated that subsequent treatments of more 4 times in fine sand caused clogging close to the injection end, resulting in limited cementation depth less than 1 m. This clogging problem was not observed in the 2 m treated coarse sand column, which had strength varying between 850 to 2067 kPa. This showed that the surface percolation technology was more applicable for coarse sand soil. The laboratory large scale application (80 L) of fine sand cementation indicated that relatively homogenous cementation in the horizontal direction could be achieved with 80% of cemented sand having strength between 2 to 2.5 MPa. This suggested that although the liquid infiltration flow paths could not be controlled in the surface percolation method, self-adjusting flow paths were triggered by the changed internal flow resistance caused by the precipitated crystals, favoring the homogeneous cementation. A simple mathematical model demonstrated that the cementation depth is dependent on the infiltration rate of cementation solution and the immobilized urease activity. Higher infiltration rate and lower urease activity will enable in deeper cementation. The model also predicted that repeated treatments will enhance sand clogging close to the injection point. The traditional production of ureolytic bacteria used for biocementation is very expensive, because of strictly sterile processing. This study described the sustainable, non-sterile production of urease enzyme using activated sludge as inoculum. By using selective conditions (high pH and high ammonia concentration) for the target ureolytic bacteria plus the presence of urea as the enzyme substrate, highly active ureolytic bacteria, physiologically resembling Bacillus pasteurii were enriched and continuously produced from chemostat operation of the bioreactor. When using a pH of 10, and about 0.17 M urea in a yeast extract based medium ureolytic bacteria developed under aerobic chemostat operation at hydraulic retention times of about 10 h with urease levels of about 60 U/ml culture. This activity is six times higher than required for successful biocementation. The protein rich yeast extract medium could be replaced by commercial milk powder or by lysed activated sludge, which could make the industrial production less costly. A method of in-situ production of urease activity was developed. This method involved providing selective growth medium to allow ureolytic bacteria to proliferate and produce urease activity in-situ of sand column. The aerobic ureolytic bacteria inoculum could only be enriched in unsaturated coarse sand column, where sufficient oxygen was available. However, high urease activities of 20 and 10 U/mL were obtained by growing soil bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions respectively. The successful enrichment of highly urease active bacteria under anaerobic conditions could allow the in-situ production of urease activity at water logged soils. The in-situ produced urease activities by the enriched soil ureolytic bacteria were sufficient to allow successful cementation of fine (>500 kPa) and coarse (>1000 kPa) sand columns. The strength and CaCO3 analysis indicated that the common obstacle of surface clogging in deeper fine sand column was avoided, explained by avoiding bacterial accumulation at the top of the column. In combination, all findings of the present study imply that the cost of MICP technology can be reduced by optimizing the conditions for effective crystals precipitation by providing low saturation conditions when the cementation is operated. The cost reduction can also be achieved by producing urease activity more economically by omitting the requirement of sterilization (non-sterile cultivation) and bioreactor (in-situ growth). These are expected to make this technology more readily acceptable for field applications.

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Wang, Yuze. "Microbial-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation : from micro to macro scale." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288238.

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Microbial-Induced Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) Precipitation (MICP) is a biological process in which microbial activities alter the surrounding aqueous environment and induce CaCO3 precipitation. Because the formed CaCO3 crystals can bond soil particles and improve the mechanical properties of soils such as strength, MICP has been explored for potential engineering applications such as soil stabilisation. However, it has been difficult to control and predict the properties of CaCO3 precipitates, thus making it very challenging to achieve homogeneous MICP-treated soils with the desired mechanical properties. This PhD study investigates MICP at both micro and macro scales to improve the micro-scale understandings of MICP which can be applied at the macro-scale for improving the homogeneity and mechanical properties of MICP-treated sand. A microfluidic chip which models a sandy soil matrix was designed and fabricated to investigate the micro-scale fundamentals of MICP. The first important finding was that, during MICP processes, phase transformation of CaCO3 can occur, which results in smaller and less stable CaCO3 crystals dissolving at the expense of growth of larger and more stable CaCO3 crystals. In addition, it was found that bacteria can aggregate after being mixed with cementation solution, and both bacterial density and the concentration of cementation solution affect the size of aggregates, which may consequently affect the transport and distribution of bacteria in a soil matrix. Furthermore, bacterial density was found to have a profound effect on both the growth kinetics and characteristics of CaCO3. A higher bacterial density resulted in a quicker formation of a larger amount of smaller crystals, whereas a lower bacterial density resulted in a slower formation of fewer but larger crystals. Based on the findings from micro-scale experiments, upscaling experiments were conducted on sandy soils to investigate the effect of injection interval on the strength of MICP treated soils and the effects of bacterial density and concentration of cementation solution on the uniformity of MICP treated soils. Increasing the interval between injections of cementation solution (from 4 h to 24 h) increased the average size of CaCO3 crystals and the resulting strength of MICP-treated sand. An optimised combination of bacterial density and cementation solution concentration resulted in a relative homogeneous distribution of CaCO3 content and suitable strength and stiffness of MICP-treated sand. This thesis study revealed that a microfluidic chip is a very useful tool to investigate the micro-scale fundamentals of MICP including the behaviour of bacteria and the process of CaCO3 precipitation. The optimised MICP protocols will be useful for improving the engineering performance of MICP-treated sandy soils such as uniformity and strength.

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Lambert, Suzanne. "Manufacturing bio-bricks using microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation and human urine." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31418.

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The production of building materials is a significant contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions with conventional kiln brick production being one of the most energy intensive processes. In addition, phosphorus is a resource that is required by all living organisms and is a key ingredient in many fertilisers. The demand for building materials and global natural phosphate rock (phosphorous) are increasing and decreasing respectively as urbanization increases. Naturally occurring phosphorous is expected to experience a peak in the near future after which it will be completely depleted. Urine has been identified as a potential source of phosphorous for fertiliser production as well as urea for microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) applications. MICP is a natural process that has the ability to produce bio-building material. Urine accounts for a small percentage of the total volume of domestic wastewater but contains a large percentage of the nutrients wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) seek to remove before they adversely affect receiving water bodies. The unprecedented rate of climate change and the associated pressures, coupled with the increased awareness around the depletion of natural resources, presents a significant challenge for which innovative and sustainable solutions are required. The reason for engaging in this project was to investigate if the urea present in human urine could be used in the natural MICP for the production of bio-bricks while at the same time recovering phosphorus from urine. Firstly, a thorough review of literature was conducted to assess current innovations pertaining to the dissertation topic. The process of bio-brick production by MICP requires a urea rich solution which could be recovered from urine. However, the urea present in urine naturally degrades and this process needs to be delayed if urine is to be used as a urea source for MICP. This was achieved by “stabilising” the urine with calcium hydroxide. Sporosarcina pasteurii (S. pasteurii) was the bacteria strain used to help drive the MICP process. The bacteria degraded the urea present in the urine to form carbonate ions which then combined with the calcium ions present in the urine solution to produce calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate was then used as a bio-cement to glue loose sand particles together in the shape of a brick. The cementation media was made by adding calcium chloride and nutrient broth to the stabilised urine, and lowering its pH to 11.2. The purpose of adding calcium chloride was to improve the efficiency of the process since the stabilised urine did not have enough calcium ions. Ordinary sand mixed with Greywacke aggregate and inoculated with S. pasteurii bacteria was used as the media for the MICP process. Bio-brick moulds were filled with the sand mixture and sealed. The cementation media was pumped through the bio-brick mould to fill its’ pore volume. The media was retained in the moulds for a defined retention time ranging from 1-8 hours. At the end of every retention time, new cementation media was pumped through the bio-brick to fill it’s pore volume again. iv To establish an optimal starting influent calcium concentration the influent calcium concentration changed between experiments. Additionally, in subsequent experiments, the calcium concentration was raised in a stepwise manner during an experiment to establish the maximum amount the influent calcium concentration could be raised to before the microbial community experienced adverse effects. Additionally, experiments explored the effects a range of retention times had on the bio-brick system in order to establish an optimal retention time. Another experiment was set up to investigate the relationship between the number of treatments and the resultant compressive strength. The findings from the above-mentioned experiments further guided subsequent experiments which singled out and tested certain factors thought to be affecting the bio-brick system. The factors tested include after treatment washing, ionic strength, pH and calcium concentration of the influent cementation media. Possible alternative nutrient medias (ANMs) were also investigated for a cheaper alternative to the laboratory grade growth media used to grow the bacteria. Lastly, an integrated system that produced both fertilisers and bio-bricks was developed. Its basic economics of raw material inputs and outputs were used to assess the financial implications of the proposed system, and the social and policy barriers likely to affect the implementation of an integrated urine treatment system were examined. Urine treated with calcium hydroxide offers a urea-rich solution that can be used for MICP processes. This resulted in the worlds’ first bio-brick “grown” from human urine. The starting influent calcium concentration reached a maximum of 0.09 M before adverse effects to the microbial community were experienced. Furthermore, in terms of a stepwise increase during the treatment cycle, the influent calcium concentration could be raised to 0.12 M without any adverse bacteria effects. The minimum retention time the bio-brick system could withstand was 2 hours which allowed the treatment cycle to be completed in a shorter time. The highest compressive strength obtained was equal to 2.7 MPa. To produce this strength about 31.2 L of stabilised urine was used. The relationship between the number of treatments and the compressive strength showed that an increase in the number of treatments increased the compressive strength. Both the pH and ionic strength of the urine were identified to have an inhibiting effect on the ureolytic activity and MICP process. Additionally, using an influent cementation media with an optimal pH for urea hydrolysis, improved the bacteria’s ability to operate at higher ionic strengths. However, when the stabilised urine was stored, urea hydrolysis occurred earlier likely because of external contamination by naturally occurring bacteria in the lab. LML (Lactose mother liquor) was identified as alternative growth media for S. pasteurii growth which could reduce raw material costs considerably. The bio-brick production process was found to be more cost-effective if it was incorporated into the integrated urine treatment process system. The integrated system included fertiliser production by recovering calcium phosphate fertilisers and ammonium sulphate fertilisers before and after the bio-brick production respectively. Producing 1000 bio-bricks a day would require 23% of Cape Towns’ population daily urine production and would incur a profit of ZAR 7330 per day between the raw material cost and the revenue from sales. For implementation in a South African context, certain policy barriers need to be overcome. Potential paths for implementation are reclassifying the urine for its use in an industrial process and obtaining an operating permit or seeking an exemption for a permit through the ECA (Environment Conservation Act). Research suggests that products from the integrated system are likely to be socially v accepted and that a combined appeal to people's environmental sensitivities and targeted marketing messages would enhance people’s acceptance. Finally, recommendations for further paths to take to build on the research established in this dissertation were made. It is recommended that additional characteristics of the bio-bricks should be tested, recycled material should be used as media for bio-bricks, the bacteria strain should be modified and methods for reducing the ionic strength of urine should be investigated. Additionally, it is recommended that consumers’ willingness to use urine-based products should be further studied, the legislative options for implementing bio-brick and fertiliser production should be investigated and a more detailed and expansive economic analysis should be performed.

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Book chapters on the topic "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation"

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Bosak, Tanja. "Calcite Precipitation, Microbially Induced." In Encyclopedia of Geobiology, 223–27. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_41.

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Bender, Jon, Arvin Farid, Ken Cornel, Jim Browning, and Elisa Barney Smith. "Electromagnetic Enhancement of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, 323–34. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4077-1_32.

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Konstantinou, C., and G. Biscontin. "Soil enhancement via microbially induced calcite precipitation." In Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground. 2nd Edition, 765–72. 2nd ed. London: CRC Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003355595-101.

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Cheng, Liang, and Mohamed A. Shahin. "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) for Soil Stabilization." In Ecological Wisdom Inspired Restoration Engineering, 47–68. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0149-0_3.

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Amarakoon, G. G. N. N., and Satoru Kawasaki. "Utilization of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation for Sand Solidification Using Pararhodobacter sp." In Ecological Wisdom Inspired Restoration Engineering, 69–91. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0149-0_4.

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Karnati, Vineeth Reddy, M. Sudhakar, Kalyan Kumar Gonavaram, and Amitava Bandhu. "Cementation of Sand by Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 127–35. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6456-4_15.

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Terzis, Dimitrios, and Lyesse Laloui. "On the Application of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation for Soils: A Multiscale Study." In Advances in Laboratory Testing and Modelling of Soils and Shales (ATMSS), 388–94. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52773-4_46.

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Wang, Xuerui, and Udo Nackenhorst. "A Modeling Study of the Bio-geochemical Processes in Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Volume 3, 272–79. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2227-3_33.

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Teng, Fuchen, and Shao-Chi Chien. "Improvement of Fine Soils Through Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Advanced Research on Shallow Foundations, 136–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01923-5_11.

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Tophel, Amir, and G. V. Ramana. "Control and Regeneration of Degraded Protected Forest Area Using Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation: A Review." In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition), 1301–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_206.

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Conference papers on the topic "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation"

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Bucci, Nicholas A., Ehsan Ghazanfari, and Huijie Lu. "Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation for Sealing Rock Fractures." In Geo-Chicago 2016. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480144.055.

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Darby, Kathleen M., Gabby L. Hernandez, Michael G. Gomez, Jason T. DeJong, Dan Wilson, and Ross W. Boulanger. "Centrifuge Model Testing of Liquefaction Mitigation via Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784481455.012.

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Davies, Matthew, Raphael Crowley, Terri N. Ellis, Nick Hudyma, Paige Ammons, Christian Matemu, Scott Wasman, Mohammed Yahaya, Jennie Ford, and Andrew R. Zimmerman. "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Using Surfactants for the Improvement of Organic Soil." In Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784482117.023.

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Lee, Minyong, Colin M. Kolbus, Andres D. Yepez, and Michael G. Gomez. "Investigating Ammonium By-Product Removal following Stimulated Ureolytic Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784482117.026.

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Park, Sung-Sik, Sun-Gyu Choi, Wha-Jung Kim, and Jun-Cheol Lee. "Effect of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation on the Strength of Cemented Sand." In Geo-Shanghai 2014. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413456.006.

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Amarakoon, G. G. N. N., and S. Kawasaki. "Factors Affecting the Improvement of Sand Properties Treated with Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Geo-Chicago 2016. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480120.009.

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Tveit, S., P. Pettersson, and D. Landa Marban. "Optimizing Sealing of CO2 Leakage Paths with Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Under Uncertainty." In ECMOR XVII. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202035087.

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Dawoud, O., C. Y. Chen, and K. Soga. "Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) Using Surfactants." In Geo-Congress 2014. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413272.160.

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Montoya, B. M., J. T. DeJong, Ross W. Boulanger, Dan W. Wilson, Ray Gerhard, Anatoliy Ganchenko, and Jui-Ching Chou. "Liquefaction Mitigation Using Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation." In GeoCongress 2012. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412121.197.

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Jiang, Ning-Jun, Kenichi Soga, and Osama Dawoud. "Experimental Study of the Mitigation of Soil Internal Erosion by Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation." In Geo-Congress 2014. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413272.155.

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Reports on the topic "Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation"

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Ginn, Timothy R., and Tess Weathers. Final Technical Report for DOE Award DE-FG02-07ER64403 [Modeling of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation for the Immobilization of Strontium-90 Using a Variable Velocity Streamtube Ensemble]. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1091183.

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Yoshiko Fujita, Karen E. Wright, and William A. Smith. Investigation of the Potential for 90Sr Immobilization in INTEC Perched Water via Microbially Facilitated Calcite Precipitation. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/911864.

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Smith, Robert W., Yoshiko Fujita, and Susan S. Hubbard. Final report for DOE Grant No. DE-SC0006609 - Persistence of Microbially Facilitated Calcite Precipitation as an in situ Treatment for Strontium-90. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1107346.

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Smith, Robert W., Yoshiko Fujita, Timothy R. Ginn, and Susan S. Hubbard. Final report for DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-07ER64404 - Field Investigations of Microbially Facilitated Calcite Precipitation for Immobilization of Strontium-90 and Other Trace Metals in the Subsurface. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1052856.

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