Bio-reactor building materials that may show some toxic properties....

Bio-reactor building materials that may show some toxic properties.... 3

Dear FOA....Friends Of Algae

Has any research been done on the possible toxic properties of building materials that might be used in building a closed bioreactor? I have heard that PVC
plastic pipe can out-gas clorine and algae don't like that. Do you have any ideas?

How about a list of toxic materials and chemicals?

Give each substance a rating on a scale of 1 to 5.
One being mildly disagreable and five = very sick algae!
Thank you, SAM

Mon April 05 2010 10:44:25 AM by SAMDevelopment 275 views

Comments - 3

Narsi wrote:

Sun April 04 2010 12:03:10 PM

Hi,

Here's a useful white paper that dwells on the various materials used for PBR construction - primarily mentioned are glass, acrylic and LDPE. - http://stwp.cecs.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/WHEC-Burgess-biohydrogen.pdf

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Algalsolution wrote:

Mon April 05 2010 01:55:13 PM

Acrylic is the way to go

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Parkavi wrote:

Tue April 06 2010 10:10:26 AM

A group of researchers working with a company called Solix biofuels are investigating HDPE to make reactors - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/23102261/Algae-to-Biodiesel

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