[Digestion] Microlagae spriulina feedstock

[adkarve]

Dear David,
as far as I know, green and blue-green algae are full of nitrogen, quite
comparable to green leaves. One dry weight basis, Spirulina contains 70%
protein.
Yours
A.D.Karve
----- Original Message -----
From: David Fulford <d.j.fulford at reading.ac.uk>
To: jc clerc <jc_clerc at hotmail.com>; <socrate at hatoum.com>;
<buffiere at supagro.inra.fr>
Cc: <DIGESTION at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG>; <kopiske at utec-bremen.de>;
<michael.thomm at biologie.uni-regensburg.de>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Digestion] Microlagae spriulina feedstock


> Jean- Charles and all, Hi
>
> As the language of the list is English, I will use that language. My
French
> is very poor.
>
> Microalgae would make a good additive for the biogas process, especially
if
> other feedstocks had reasonable levels of nitrogen. The carbon content of
> microalgae is probably too high for therm to be used as a single feed.
>
> You could make a solar-powered generation system, by growing the algae,
> using the effluent of the biogas digester as a growth medium and then
> feeding the algae into the digester. The nitrogen would be recycled. I
> suspect the area of land (actually lagoon) to do this would be a problem.
> People have grown microalgae in long plastic tubes on vertical frames to
> reduce space, so it might be a possible way forward.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> At 11:22 01/06/2007 +0200, jc clerc wrote:
> >Bonjour,
> >
> >Je me permet de vous contacter (via mon inscription sur le site
> >http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_listserv.repp.org)
pour
> >simplement savoir si les microalgues type Spirulina sont une bonne option
> >pour la production de Methane via digester.
> >
> >Hello,
> >I am taking the chance to contact you (via my inscription on the website
> >http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_listserv.repp.org) in
> >order to know if microalgae like  Spirulina are the right feedstock in
order
> >to produce Methane thru Digester.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >Jean-charles CLERC
> >algoil project (www.algoil.com)
> >jc_clerc at hotmail.com
> >+33611833157
> >
>
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