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   Trojan Technologies, Inc. (London, Ontario), a provider of ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems, announced that it has acquired the assets of OpenCEL (Glencoe, IL), an environmental biotechnology company that has developed a proprietary technology for processing wastewater biosolids. The OpenCEL technology uses high-frequency electric pulses to break open biomass cell membranes in the pretreatment of wastewater sludge, releasing soluble materials that are more easily handled by anaerobic digestion processes. OpenCEL will operate as a division of US Peroxide, a Trojan unit based in Atlanta. OpenCEL “is a high-technology business that will continue to support US Peroxide’s goal of helping to optimize customer operations,” US Peroxide General Manager Tom Walkosak said. “The OpenCEL technology reduces the cost of handling biosolids while also increasing methane production that can be used beneficially within the plant or to generate electricity on site.”