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HY-TEK Bio, LLC is an American company that designs advanced technology systems to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. HY-TEK Bio’s headquarters is located in Dayton, Maryland. Its project site is located in Baltimore, Maryland.[1]

About

HY-TEk Bio was founded in 2009 by Robert M. Mroz.[1] After partnering with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and extensive testing on thousands of algae strains, a unique strain was found, HTB1. This strain has wide ranges of tolerance for temperature, 100% CO2 levels and pH levels, as well as, a fast reproduction rate and the properties to successfully mitigate GHG emissions from any source of fuel, such as, coal, oil, natural gas and methane. Through an optimized photosynthesis process using HTB1, HY-TEK Bio is now able to reduce GHG emissions and replace it with pure oxygen and algae.[4]

Products

After years of research HY-TEK Bio is able to commercially produce and sell algae, Portable Containment Units (PCUs) and LED Light Technology. Algae is widely used in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, food additives for both human and animal food, thickeners for cosmetics and paints, production of bioplastics and, of course, biofuel. The PCUs are made of laminated mylar and have a 7,000lb breaking strength, which can be used for a wide range of products from drinking water to grain to fuel. HY-TEK Bio’s LED Light Technology has minimal energy consumption, generates minimal heat, while maximizing growth.

Grant Funding & Sponsorships:

• Maryland Industrial Partnership (MIPS): $200,000 grant to isolate the unique algal strain (HTB1). Research conducted by Dr. Feng Chen of UMCES/IMET.

• Maryland Industrial Partnership (MIPS) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR): $100,000 grant to research and produce high-value nutrient from chicken manure.

• Baltimore City, MD: $255,000 demonstration project from Baltimore City to mitigate the Greenhouse Gas emissions from a portion of the flue gas output from a 3MW power plant run on methane at a Baltimore City waste water treatment plant (Project Site). [3]

• Climate Change Emissions Management Corporation’s (CCEMC) $35 million international Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses: $500,000 grant (awarded March 5, 2014) in conjunction with UMCES/IMET. HY-TEK Bio received $208k of the grant to demonstrate the Company’s ability to mitigate Greenhouse Gas emissions and to produce by-products from captured carbon/carbon dioxide. Selected from among 344 submissions from 37 countries on six continents. HY-TEK Bio and UMCES/IMET were one of 24 Finalists to receive $500k to work toward the final award of $10M. With our $500k, we are now given 24 months to work toward developing our technology to mitigate as much CO2 as possible and produce by-products of algae and oxygen. [6]

Partners / Sponsors of HY-TEK Bio: • Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program • Maryland Department of Natural Resources • Maryland Clean Energy Center • University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences • Institute for Marine & Environmental Technologies • Baltimore City & the U.S. Department of Energy • 3M Adhesive Products • ABB Automation Controls • Allied Air Compressors • AZEK Building Materials • Creative Construction, Inc. • DECA Electric • Dimension-Polyant • Energy One, Inc. • F&A Services • Flo-Tron • GMM Construction • iACi Automation Controls • Johnson Controls • KELE, Inc. • Kendall’s Hardware • Luna Carpeting • Potts & Callahan • Quantum Sails • Refractron Technologies • Rigid Industries • Shuster Concrete • Werner Labs, Inc. • Woods Building Erectors • Y.E.M. Corporation [11]

References 1. "About Hy-tek Bio, Llc." HY-TEK Bio. HY-TEK Bio, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. 2. Algae Gobbles Greenhouse Gases. Perf. Robert Mroz, Jack French, and Feng Chen. Algae Industry Magazine.com. Associated Press, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. . 3. "HY-TEK Bio: Clean Energy from Fossil Fuels." Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute Blog. N.p., 13 Mar. 2013. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. 4. "HY-TEK Bio - Home." HY-TEK Bio - Home. HY-TEK Bio, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. 5. HY-TEK Bio. Maryland Clean Energy Center Names HY-TEK Bio 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year. Annapolis. 2014. Print. 6. HY-TEK Bio. Start-up HY-TEK Bio Awarded $500,000 in Global Innovative Carbon Use Competition. Edmonton. 2014. Print. Kryzanowski, Tony. "Micro-algae Poultry Manure Vetted as Potential Cheap Nutrient Source for Pollution-fighting Alga." Micro-algae. AG-Annex, Nov. 2013. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. . 7. "MCEC Announces Winners of 2014 Maryland Clean Energy Awards." Maryland Clean Energy Center News & Events. Maryland Clean Energy Center, Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. . 8. Mroz, Bob. "Using Magic Algae to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and More" Interview. Living Green in Annapolis. WNAV-FM Annapolis Radio. Annapolis, Maryland, 22 Oct. 2014. Radio. "Partners/sponsors." Partners. HY-TEK Bio, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. 9. Smith Hopkins, Jamie. "A Bid to Clean the Air with Algae Howard Co. Startup Is Trying to Prove That Its Algae Bioreactors Are an Answer to Greenhouse-gas Pollution." The Baltimore Sun 4 Aug. 2013: n. pag. The Baltimore Sun. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. . 10. "The HY-TEK BIO Process." Mitigation. HY-TEK Bio, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. 11. "HY-TEK Bio-Partners." HY-TEK Bio - Partners/Sponsors. HY-TEK Bio, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014

HY-TEK Bio, LLC is an American company that designs advanced technology systems to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through algae-based technology.[8] HY-TEK Bio’s headquarters is located in Dayton, Maryland.[4]  Its project site is located in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]

About
HY-TEK Bio was founded in 2009 by Robert M. Mroz. After learning that it takes two tons of CO2 to double one ton of algae, Mroz determined that controlled photosynthesis of algae was an effective means of mitigating GHG while producing oxygen and growing more algae, which has a multitude of uses on a global scale. In partnership with the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), HY-TEK Bio isolated an optimal strain of algae from among thousands of strains, naming it HTB-1. HTB-1 is indigenous to the Chesapeake Bay and a member of the scenedesmus family. It is unique among algal strains because it grows in wide ranges of temperature and pH levels, and thrives in CO2 levels up to 100 percent.[5] HTB-1’s robust properties and exceptional growth rate make it efficient in digesting GHG in flue gas emitted from all industrial sources. Mroz optimized the photosynthesis process with the addition of inexpensive indoor tanks, optimized light, and nutrient.[2]

Products
HY-TEK Bio’s mission produces oxygen by using algae to digest carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Algae grown in the process is used for the production of pharmaceuticals, thickeners for cosmetics and paints, bio-plastics and biofuel.[2]

Bioreactors, or cylindrical indoor tanks, are constructed of laminated Mylar and Kevlar, are used for containment of algae.[9] They have also been repurposed as portable containment units (PCUs). They can be transported to industrial, military or emergency locations for storage of all forms of liquids and pourable solids, such as grains. They also can be filled with sand at Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) for ballistics protection. [11]

LED Light Technology fosters plant growth by using specific intensities and wavelengths pulsed on a duty-cycle of ten percent, meaning the lights are off 90 percent of the time. Because the cycle repeats continuously within microseconds, LED lights appear on at all times while consuming minimal energy, generating minimal heat, and maximizing growth. [13]

Nutrient, produced from chicken manure collected on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is introduced to bioreactors to feed algae during photosynthesis. Impurities are separated from the manure and nitrogen/phosphorous levels are balanced before the introduction of bacteria that removes noxious odors. [7]

Grant Funding & Sponsorships
• Maryland Industrial Partnership (MIPS): $200,000 grant to isolate the unique algal strain (HTB1). Research conducted by Dr. Feng Chen of UMCES/IMET.[12]

• Maryland Industrial Partnership (MIPS) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR): $100,000 grant to research and produce high-value nutrient from chicken manure. [1]

• Baltimore City, MD: $255,000 demonstration project from Baltimore City to mitigate the Greenhouse Gas emissions from a portion of the flue gas output from a 3MW power plant run on methane at a Baltimore City waste water treatment plant (Project Site).[3]

• Climate Change Emissions Management Corporation’s (CCEMC) $35 million international Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses: $500,000 grant (awarded March 5, 2014) in conjunction with UMCES/IMET. HY-TEK Bio received $208k of the grant to demonstrate the Company’s ability to mitigate Greenhouse Gas emissions and to produce by-products from captured carbon/carbon dioxide. Selected from among 344 submissions from 37 countries on six continents. HY-TEK Bio and UMCES/IMET were one of 24 Finalists to receive $500k to work toward the final award of $10M. With our $500k, we are now given 24 months to work toward developing our technology to mitigate as much CO2 as possible and produce by-products of algae and oxygen.[6]

Partners / Sponsors
• Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program • Maryland Department of Natural Resources • Maryland Clean Energy Center • University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences • Institute for Marine & Environmental Technologies • Baltimore City & the U.S. Department of Energy • 3D Maryland • 3M Adhesive Products • ABB Automation Controls • Allied Air Compressors • AZEK Building Materials • Creative Construction, Inc. • DECA Electric • Dimension-Polyant • Energy One, Inc. • Every Watt Matters • F&A Services • Flo-Tron • GMM Construction • iACi Automation Controls • Johnson Controls • KELE, Inc. • Kendall’s Hardware • Luna Carpeting • Potts & Callahan • Quantum Sails • Refractron Technologies • Rigid Industries • Ross Machine Shop • Shuster Concrete • Werner Labs, Inc. • Woods Building Erectors • Y.E.M. Corporation [10]