By concentrating the light and then removing excess heat you get the right blue/red spectra that algae require and can convert the rest to electricity. The...
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David Miller
riley_4_prez
Aug 1, 2007 8:32 pm
biogasoline wrote: What are the realistic efficiencies of these two effects? A) Sunlight reflecting off pond as % of daily insolation B) Light throughput...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Aug 3, 2007 3:55 am
I just found a wonderful website. It was established by Navid's advisor. Further down the page are links to the algae, bioreactors, and applications areas....
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graham_toquer
Aug 4, 2007 4:27 am
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/7/30/2124/78022 LS9 promises 'renewable petroleum' Posted by David Roberts at 2:20 AM on 30 Jul 2007 Picture a liquid...
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graham_toquer
Aug 4, 2007 4:29 am
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/7/30/2124/78022 LS9 promises 'renewable petroleum' Posted by David Roberts at 2:20 AM on 30 Jul 2007 Picture a liquid...
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graham_toquer
Aug 4, 2007 4:42 am
Check out this article below. This infestation could be a blessing in disguise. Stick some oil-producing genes from algae into Giant Salvinia and you have a...
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cavm@...
cvanmilligen
Aug 4, 2007 3:02 pm
What is known about the oil content or even BTU content of Giant Salvinia? I can't find anything on the web. Neal This infestation could be a blessing in...
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Antonio F. Melo
afmelo2001
Aug 4, 2007 4:24 pm
This seems to be very interesting. Does anybody know the content of the dry matter of this Salvinia? Even if it does not contain any oil as such, it could be...
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biogasoline
Aug 4, 2007 5:15 pm
That about right 50% or so. However the ligh delivered to the algae is then uniform throuhghout the depth and tuned to the frequencies of the antennae and much...
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graham_toquer
Aug 7, 2007 1:08 am
Now for the NEXT piece of bioengineering. Cellulose is composed of glucose molecules pasted together, and most microbes can't digest it directly. Some that do...
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webbacua
Aug 7, 2007 4:14 pm
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Nick Stein
bizcad2001
Aug 7, 2007 4:56 pm
Do you have any further info on which Canadian company?...
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Tom Catino
tomcatino716
Aug 7, 2007 5:35 pm
By MIKE CORN Hays Daily News The waiting game continues for Hays-based Sunflower Electric. But that's to be expected, considering the sheer number of comments ...
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Phillip Ballard
pballard1977
Aug 7, 2007 6:58 pm
While it would be interesting if you could splice in an oil-producing gene or if it already does produce oil, the problem is this thing is an invasive plant....
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alikemal_2004
Aug 7, 2007 7:04 pm
Dear Sir(s) I am new at this group. I am a student in an Univer. In Turkey. I wish to start an experiment about B. Braunii in my home lab. The Aim is to reach...
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James Christiansen
jms_christia...
Aug 7, 2007 7:10 pm
Does anyone know what strains would be best suited to open tank cultivation, in high nitrogen, fresh water, 35 deg C. conditions? My kids are working on a...
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graham_toquer
Aug 8, 2007 3:13 am
... Iogen. http://www.iogen.ca/...
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Tom Catino
tomcatino716
Aug 8, 2007 2:44 pm
CSU tackles 'great global challengesÂ' By BOBBY MAGILL The Daily Sentinel Friday, August 03, 2007 Colorado State University is tackling some of the nation's...
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Tom Catino
tomcatino716
Aug 8, 2007 2:45 pm
Community Fuels Wins DOE Grant for Research on Algae to Biodiesel Encinitas, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Community Fuels has been awarded a 2007...
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cavm@...
cvanmilligen
Aug 8, 2007 5:39 pm
Phil, the work we helped with on Lake Victoria and elsewhere showed that there are somewhat effective mechanical means of harvesting invasive water weeds. The...
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shiva akini
shivaa_us
Aug 8, 2007 7:08 pm
Could anyone elaborate on how to get BIOGAS from invasive water weeds?...
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Martin
peopleunit
Aug 8, 2007 7:33 pm
Sounds to be like they've developed a hybrid fermentation process that uses a designer microbe, one where the "fermentation" produces something more akin to...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Aug 8, 2007 8:35 pm
List, The following message appeared on another list: Dear algologists, Microalgae posses the capacity to build up large quantities of nutrients inside the...
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cavm@...
cvanmilligen
Aug 8, 2007 8:45 pm
In a message dated 8/8/2007 1:40:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, shivaa_us@... writes: Could anyone elaborate on how to get BIOGAS from invasive water...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Aug 8, 2007 10:39 pm
Neal, Is that similar to an anaerobic digester that is used to produce gas from animal waste, etc? Bobby ... -- Toward freedom, Bobby Yates Emory...
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Jordan Devries
laker_surfer
Aug 9, 2007 1:30 am
How are you getting those high temperatures? Thats almost 100 degrees C. Nothing except cyanobacterial growth is optimized at those high temperatures. Is your...
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graham_toquer
Aug 9, 2007 3:37 am
A guy named Holtzapple at Texas A&M is working on a way to take this process even further. Note that his process doesn't call for fancy trains of bacteria or...
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cavm@...
cvanmilligen
Aug 9, 2007 1:47 pm
The production of methane, or biogas, from organic material is the exact system used to make methane from animal manures. Each difference in feed stock ...
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james christiansen
jms_christia...
Aug 9, 2007 5:53 pm
Hi Jordan, Thanks for the reply, I guess I over-estimated the temperature. It is probably closer to 30 C, clay-lined water containment ponds, at concentrated...
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Bobby Yates Emory
liberty1_27606
Aug 9, 2007 7:02 pm
James, Many of the culture collections give the collection point for their strains. By picking one that is in a warm region, you may be able to get a strain...
