[Stoves] Fast Growing Fuel

[Jeff Davis]

Thanks Frank!

Jeff


> 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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>>Jeff Davis
>>Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>>http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124
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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA