[Stoves] Fast Growing Fuel

[Jeff Davis]

Hi Frank,

One question; "37 to 39 degrees", is that C degrees?


Thanks

Jeff


On Thursday 05 October 2006 12:56 pm, frank wrote:
> 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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> >
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Jeff Davis
Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124