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Photo Bio-Reactors - 1 year ago
I have been reading over many threads here since my recent joining of this group about PBRs. The majority of my experience is in cell culture, small scale process development area. Many years ...- more
Dunaliella tertiolecta and Tetraselmis - 1 year ago
Dunaliella tertiolecta and Tetraselmis cultivation. Would any of you be able to clarify the sparging of CO2 (pure) into a small scale system? What about the normal CO2 content of ...- more
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The First International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts is to be held in St Louis USA, on 17-20 July 2011. The conference will focus on all areas of ... more
The ASTM International Committee on Petroleum Products and Lubricants for approving a new jet fuel specification that will further enable the use of sustainable alternative fuels in aviation. According to the ... more
Boeing 747-8 freighter is going to be the first commercial jetliner to do a transatlantic flight on biofuels. Boeing's Keith Otsuka and Rick Braun, along with Sten Rossby of Cargolux, will ... more
Are the requirments for sensors and controls for inputs basicaly the same for photo' and hetro' algae reactors? Can you site some companies that have control systems ready to apply to ... more
Hi Gopinelli, Well finally someone who is getting a clue about how to solve the problem of growing algae in a large enough scale to make a profit and be able to ... more
Paulo, if you send me what you have designed so far I will make comments on those ideas. If you want to keep this dialog private use my e-mail address. alanschaefer@att.net If ... more
Bhani, I think you are right about the silica content of rice husks and straw. Besides burning to ash how else might one reduce the straw and husk material to ... more
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that water use is much less if algae are grown in the U.S. regions that have the sunniest and ... more
What is your source for nano-silca? We have a very large Frac sand processing factory and open mine less than twenty miles from us. Do you think they would have any ... more
Good post. more
I have been reading in this forum that Oil from Algae becomes viable in raceway ponds / PBR the moment oil reaches $ 100 per barrel .Is it true !!Is ... more
Instead of starving, feed proteins. Sounds interesting. more
Good that some scaling is happening in open ponds too. more
That is great news for Algae.TecGermany is the hotbed of not just algae but also carbon capture and storage in Europe.FWB is a great exchange to be listed in .REad ... more
I saw the some news about this in oilgae newsletter recently. !! more
@ GopinelliThanks for your comments. It sounds pretty interesting. " I too have a huge claim, but not as huge as BARD. Theoretically my system, can produce 110 metric ton dry biomass ... more
I have said repeatedly a few months ago, when Solazyme signed up strategic and financial partnership with the Japanese food giant and Uniliver, that it appears that Solazyme is heading ... more
Hi Mia Franceska Thanks for posting it.I did some more search and got some responses on this huge claim.As usual Dr NO alias Dr John Benamenn's comment is sarcastic, pessimistic ... more
News Alert: OOIL lands an order worth up to $1 MillionWelcome Back!Let’s get right into it. Last time I alerted you to OOIL was on December 9th, 2010. At the time OOIL traded for ... more
Microalgae absorb sunlight and through photosynthesis can produce hydrogen gas. In theory these microalgae can produce hydrogen, in practice it is much more complicated.The first barrier to hydrogen production is ... more
When American algae producers, harvesting, extraction technologies, researchers,and engineering companies who agree that algae could be one solution to help get the US off of foreign oil join together in ... more
Is this a measure of the apettite for algae to oil/ hvp like solazyme to go public !!? more
Congratulations to Surajit Khanna and the rest of the crew for your successful efforts in bring a new commerical algae venture into existence. Below is a copy of a news release by the NAA. T Home of ... more
Rising for a second consecutive day, a two day rise of 67.9% January 27Remarkable. Especially considering that I thought that the issue wont be fully subscribed, given my understanding of ... more
OOne Mr Puneet had m messaged me as below. SSome of you who are experts in this field, pl do reply.TPPPuneet: Can u please tell me,if any mechanical oil press can ... more
The EBI report has done more harm to the industry than good. more
The US Navy will use only "third generation" biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels.
The Navy will use only %u201Cthird generation%u201D biofuels. That means no ethanol made from corn . The Navy is only testing fuels like camelina and algae that do not compete with food, that have a carbon footprint cleaner than fossil fuels and that can be grown cheaper than fossil fuels.
Hi allI did a review on transgenic microalgae and these algae that produces therapeutics drugs. I'd gladly share this review on my future drugs. Maybe I can do these topic as a ... more
Can u tellme what are these speciality chemicals! more
Ooops ! There is one helluva lot of action in algae in Florida ! more
Hi Oilgae members Happy Holiday !!!
Air travel could be powered from vast seas of algae growing close to airports within four years, according to researchers and airlines hoping to find a green future for aviation. more
Hi ParvakaviIm very surprise by your post about my country. You are right about the status of the Philippines with regards to algae as biofuel. I'm now one of advocates ... more