SAMDevelopment commented on Algae BioMax system enhances crop market value3

I want to be on the next taste panel !!!! more

SAMDevelopment posted Controls and sensors for a PBR39

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Scaling Up.6

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Materials needed to build a PBR7

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae9

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

SAMDevelopment commented on Nano silica and micro nutrients for Diatom Algae9

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

SAMDevelopment posted Congratulations to Bard for being one of the first to benchmark at NAA32

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

Amanda commented on Before any investment...44

Thanks Hasseli for the post.Very relevant to all of us."It all boils down to a good concept that works in the lab but not in practice."Isnt it right ? more

SAMDevelopment posted Final Showdown; modern bioreactor vs. open ditches, raceways,etc.57

November 26 2010 03:00:15 PM Hello FOA, I will spend some time and see how far I get along the road looking for an answer for the question: Which is better a ... more

Amanda posted Algae cultivation for biofuel by a fishing company - Chile2

Pesquera San Jos? plans to produce biofuels from brown algae (Macrocystis pyrifera), better known as huiro.With this objective in mind, the company is now co-developing the InnovaChile project BAL Biofuels, ... more

SAMDevelopment posted Question for Blake on post Oct. 1 early a.m.28

Blake where did you get the number of $150 per square meter for a cost for a modern PBR? A square meter is not a good way to compare ditches with ... more

Amanda commented on Microalgae are disappearing from the oceans !?3

MattS has posted a blog suggesting the following action. A wind powered method for passive de-acidification of the oceans. By using a floating, wind driven apparatus, to inject pressurized ambient air at ... more

Amanda commented on Diatoms and Cyanobacteria Needed!!4

They sell micro algae oil. Iam not sure if they sell diatoms and cyanobacteria. YOu can try http://www.soley.cn/products.html more

Amanda posted Solazyme Inks 150,000 gallon Deal to Provide Algal Biofuel to Navy0

Solazyme just recently delivered 20,000 gallons to the US NavY. That was supposed to be a record for the largest quantum of algae biofuel ?delivery, ever done.Now, they have signed ... more

Amanda posted BIO announces topics, speaker for Dec 11, Hawai meet0

http://www.bio.org/pacrim/program/plenary_program.asp more

Amanda posted Bio-lipidos/ AEE to start $10 m algae fuel plant, PeurtoRico3

Bio-Lipidos and utility AEE have joined towards producing clean fuel from the marine micro-algae found in tropical waters. Puerto Rico will soon be having a plant for generating clean fuel ... more

Amanda posted Convert algae to oil for fueling electricity plants2

Puerto Rico is embarking on a test project for converting algae to oil as part of a campaign to lessen the U.S. territory's dependence on expensive imported oil.A local company ... more

Amanda commented on Bioplastics from blooms !?2

Sorry Obehilentus I cant directly help you. But u can search for environmental scientists role in the economy in google or similar key words and you will get some articles. Read them up ... more

Amanda posted WSU to lead Pacific Northwest aviation biofuel project2

By Anna Austin   A regional renewable jet fuel collaboration has been formed to assess four Pacific Northwest statesWashington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to determine biomass feedstock growth, harvest, refining and transport ... more

Amanda commented on National Algae Technology Roadmap Released4

Baring the grant for Cellna, the other two grants are in my opinion for the ability to scale. more

Amanda says

Braskem, a Brazilian chemicals firm, has commercialised polyethylene a commonly used plastic resin made from sugarcane. It is now working with Novozymes, a pioneering Danish biotech firm, to repeat the trick for polypropylene, another common plastic. If its happening, it is happening in biotech !

Amanda says

Amyris, designs and harnesses yeasts to convert plant-sourced sugars, such as sugar cane to biofuel. Solazyme harnesses algae to convert plant sourced sugars such as sugar to bio fuel !

SAMDevelopment posted Some numbers from the past. (blogs)8

Let's continue with the math on a industrial algae system that converts 25,000 scfm of CO2 into crude algae oil and dry algae meal. BTW, what is going to happen to ... more

SAMDevelopment posted Thanks for the kind words2

Shankar, I have been working 16 hours per day for the last????? long time. Not bad for an old guy of 72. I LOVE it!! But as my mother (she ... more