[Stoves] Fast Growing Fuel
frank
frank at compostlab.com
Thu Oct 5 11:56:27 CDT 2006
Jeff,
Getting more info from the ones who know: It is pure cultures that we
keep. Temperature 37 to 39 degrees. We add a nutrient solution and EDTA.
The light intensity is monitored, pH etc. etc. We use it for
determining chronic toxicity of effluent and receiving water. There is
nothing there that would help you to produce mass quantities. You would
want to use natural light and natural nutrient source, I suspect.
Frank
Jeff Davis wrote:
>Hi Frank,
>
>That would be great! Anything on how to grow it. Like you mentioned, air.
>Other things like temperature range, minerals, food, CO2 etc. This winter I
>would like to grow some indoors so I would need to know what kind of light
>bulb to buy. I don't need/want information on fancy pure cultures, I just
>want to grow the stuff I see around where I live.
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff
>
>On Monday 02 October 2006 10:53 pm, you wrote:
>
>
>>Jeff,
>>We have a department that grows algae for use in toxicity studies like oil
>>and industry spills etc. It is grown under light in a controlled
>>temperature with 'air' bubbling through. You do not want it to go
>>anaerobic. These are pure cultures.
>>
>>Its not my thing but I can get you more info if you let me know what you
>>want.
>>
>>Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:33:05 -0400, Jeff Davis wrote
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear All,
>>>
>>>Just some thoughts below:
>>>
>>>Circulation of water and bubbling of CO2 (engine exhaust) could be
>>>done with a Bisschop engine and the heat from the engine would be
>>>used to cook.
>>>
>>>The get rich companies that are working on algae to oil need pure
>>>algae cultures but I would think/hope that we could use local algae.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>>
>>>On Sunday 01 October 2006 11:42 pm, adkarve wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Growing algae requires certain technological inputs such circulation of
>>>>water and bubbling of carbon dioxide through the culture. Also keeping
>>>>the culture pure is a bother. An alternative would be some of the high
>>>>yielding fodder grasses like hybrid Napier, Sorghum-Sudangrass hybrids
>>>>or Miscanthes. These plants would utilise the waste water generated by
>>>>the refugee camp. Yours
>>>>A.D.Karve
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
>>>>To: <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
>>>>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 7:42 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Stoves] Fast Growing Fuel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dear Sharon,
>>>>>
>>>>>I try to do some work with algae but I lack the time. I now have a
>>>>>large
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>jug
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>with algae growing in it and have been feeding it retted/rotted rice
>>>>>husk juice.
>>>>>
>>>>>I wish a PLANT SCIENTIST could recommend a good book on growing this
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>stuff. I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>can only find information about killing it. I do have a large report
>>>>>(some where on my hard drive) that the USA did on algae to make oil
>>>>>but I just
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>want
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to burn it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Best wishes,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sunday 01 October 2006 06:21 pm, Sharon Gordon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone have any projects going on fast growing fuel for
>>>>>>refugee situations or places where the weekly hike for fuel has
>>>>>>gotten really
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>long?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Jeff Davis
>>>>>Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>>>>>http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124
>>>>>
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>>>Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>>>http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124
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>>--
>>
>>
>
>--
>Jeff Davis
>Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124
>
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