OUR PROJECT - WHATS THE PROBLEM?
Our project deals with an everyday problem described by the following scenario:
You want to enjoy a refreshing shower in the morning, but your hairy roommate clogged the drain again? You would like to have a relaxed bubble bath after a long day, but there are bad odors coming out of the pipe system?
The general practice now:
1.You try the ‘hot water method’ to flush the drain… nothing happens
2.You remember what your mother taught you, so you put a fancy mix of vinegar, baking soda and some magic into the drain… a mysterious creature arises, but nothing else happens
3.In the end there is just one thing left – you put the nasty chemical mixture of the stinky cleaning agent down the drain. The corrosive cloud disappears and you can finally take your shower… still trying not to breath in the acrid fumes.
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OUR SOLUTION
We would like to create a sustainable and eco-friendly cleaning agent to remove hair, residues of fat and soap that lead to a blockage of pipe systems in private households. Our idea is, to develop an agent based on an intact microbial system expressing enzymes like proteases, keratinases, lipases, or esterases to LIGHT UP THE PIPE again.
OUR EXTRA
As a special feature we want to use the metabolites of the enzymatic degradation to produce a lovely rose-scent to refresh your whole room. In addition this reaction could also be used to indicate that the enzymes are working efficiently on your drainage problem.
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