High-tech Sieve Sifts For Hydrogen SOURCE National Science Foundation Whether it's used in chemical laboratories or the fuel tanks of advanced automobiles,...
Was this at the GrassRoots BioDiesel Conference? If so, was there an algae session? ... From: Bobby Yates Emory To: oil_from_algae@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Samuel, At the one I remember, about a year ago, I presented a session on algae. Lyle was at that conference. About a month ago, at a book reading and signing,...
Salas, That is the objective of this discussion group. We will be discussing our efforts and helping each other to grow algae, extract oil from it, and use it...
Here in the So.Cal. desert, we have a huge (350+ sq.mi.) algae production facility. It's called the Salton Sea. When a bloom dies off and rots, the stench...
Neil, Most algae only have a few percent oil. For instance, the so called spirulina grown near where you reference, has 4 to 7% oil. So the conventional...
Hi, I am a new member and am very fascinated with this topic, but I guess I have never heard of anyone actually making biodiesel (or SVO) from algae...anybody...
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Bob, Erie has a website with info on the sewer dept., but it does not yet mention the algae project: ...
A while back I did some back of the envelope calculations which showed that if I collected all the sunlight over an area equivalent to my house roof and used...
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Bob, Complicating factors: There are ways to use the oil directly, side stepping the oil to biodiesel conversion. To make the biodiesel conversion requires an...
Bob; I considered converting my 15'x30' swimming pool to an algae tank. Using the UNH study figures, I should be able to produce about 100 gal./yr.... Worth...
Something that strikes me as feasible for colder climates, especially given the low altitude of the sun during winter months, is to couple Richard Nelson's...
Neil, Only the top 6" of a pool contribute to the growth of algae. So converting your pool would be a waste - at least in your wife's opinion. Probably it...
James, In the Solaroof proposal for Oil from Algae, there are no pools. The algae "lives" in a large tank. It is pumped up to a flexible membrane and slides ...
... Yes I remembered that after posting but I had also been thinking of an aquaculture fish pool feeding on the algae (showing my arthrospira platensis...
James, Comments with +++++++++++++ ... ++++++++++++ The fish may not like the oily algae. (Or maybe, after we have removed the oil, they will like the algae...
(Renamed topic for more general focus below.) ... I would presume the oil-depleted algae cake would be put through some sort of agricultural use so algae...
From what I have read, the oil is really fatty acids and fish and shellfish like this algae. ... From: James A. Bowery To: oil_from_algae@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
James, Minor technical point: Since I grew up on a farm, I tend to think of them as hay bales, but for insulation and construction purposes, I think you want...
Samuel, A small producer may be able to make more money growing fish with the algae than squeezing the algae for oil. This is more likely to be true for the ...
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