[Gasification] Fast-Growing Biomass

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Jeff

"Algae" comes in many sizes, shapes and flavors. Could you please 
describe yours?
Color? Is it free floating or anchored to the bottom? Is it like a 
slime, or is it more like a weed? How big or how long would the largest 
piece be?

We wouldn't be so lucky that you could give us a URL for a picture of 
it, would we? :-)

Best wishes,

Kevin

Jeff Davis wrote:
> Andy and Jim,
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> My pond doesn't have much algae but I was able to rake up enough to roll
> some sawdust/algae-binder fireballs. Can't wait for them to dry so that I
> can see if the algae really does work as a binder.
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> Jeff
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>> Howdy Jim, REPP (gasification) listers,
>>
>>   Thank you for the invitation for the workshop on algae. I cannot attend
>> because I live many miles away from the shipyard.
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>>    I understand algae is the fastest growing biomass of any.  Trees may be
>> the slowest-growing.
>> Much CO2 is being absorbed by algae mass in Lake Michigan today. When I
>> was a child I saw no such growth in the lake.
>>
>>   When Captain Cousteau dived on the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, in
>> cold Lake Superior, he seemed angry that there were no plants and
>> animals to photograph. He deemed the Great Lakes  "sterile". This was
>> the natural state of the ecosystem in those days.
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>>   Excess phosphate, zebra mussels, and late-summer warm water may have
>> combined to make the lake a giant bioreactor. I am finding masses of
>> algae on the shores of the little finger of the mitten large enough to
>> fill big barns if baled. Jeff Davis would begin thinking hard if he saw
>> these. This area of the lake has strong currents and very cold
>> surface-water most of the year.
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>>   Algae has always been part of the system. We can guess why the waters
>> west of the Door Peninsula is called Green Bay.
>>
>>   Please keep us informed on what you learn from Dr. Friendly.
>>
>> Andrew Schofield
>> Great Lakes Renewable Fuel Systems
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