It is time to upgrade your emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) to EDS-ER, the next evolution in enhanced bioremediation. EDS-ER (electron donor solution – extended release) is a patent pending long lasting water mixable oil, designed to release bio-available hydrogen over a period of 3 to 5 years. EDS-ER with a neutral pH has an expected shelf life in excess of two years. Unlike water-based EVO products, EDS-ER is not affected by freezing temperatures.

EDS-ER is a soy based water mixable oil, not an oil-in-water emulsion, as is the current convention. There is no water within the formulation. The cost for shipping the electron donor to the project site is reduced by as much as 50%. The benefit to you and your client is that we offer a lower cost solution to help you close the site. The video shows how easily EDS-ER mixes with water. Many regulators have called our technology the “Greenest” emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) product on the market.

Over the last few years bioremediation practitioners have embraced the use of vegetable oil, which ferments and produces hydrogen, to support reductive dechlorination. Numerous EVO products are available at various price points and they have varying amounts of fermentable products. EDS-ER contains no water (reduced shipping costs) and is 100% fermentable. The following table can help you compare EDS-ER to other EVO products. Hydrogen is what counts in enhanced reductive dechlorination projects. When compared to other EVO products, you have to buy less EDS-ER to get the same amount of hydrogen.

Soybean Oil Based
Electron Donor

Pounds of Hydrogen per Pound of Product

Equivalent Pounds for a Pound of
EDS-ER

EDS-ER (100% fermentable water mixable oil)

0.35

1.00

EVO (45% soybean oil emulsion)

0.16

2.14

EVO (50% soybean oil emulsuion)

0.18

1.93

EVO (55% soybean oil emulsion)

0.21

1.68

EVO (60% soybean oil)

0.22

1.61