Keith, I tried some experiment with algae:
I had algae in a plastic container with some naoh and cow dung (for methane) and applied some pressure through cycle pump and applied some ultrasonic vibrations to the plastic container ( tried all combination by reading net). I have tried couple of times with no success till now. Thought I will update this group. Best regards, Am. Sivaramakrishnan --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Simon > > >Check out this site , re biodiesel from Algae in > New Zealand ,..now ! . > > > >http://www.aquaflowgroup.com/technology.html > > > >Simon. > > Thankyou. Not the first we hear of Aquaflow. > > But why do you say "now!" Simon? > > That link only says they've "established that the > company is likely > to be able to produce, at commercial scale, a viable > biofuel", it > doesn't say they've succeeded yet. > > Aquaflow produced a sample of algal biodiesel about > a year ago, and a > month ago they announced success harvesting wild > algae in bulk, with > biofuels production expected to follow "in the next > few months". > > There's a link on that page to their FAQ, did you > read it? > http://www.aquaflowgroup.com/FAQs.html > > It says they "demonstrated proof of concept in > December 2006"; "We > anticipate that we wil require six months or more to > reach a working > platform upon which to build a commercial operating > prototype"; they > expect economic assumptions will be validated "In > the next 12 to 18 > months". > > By all accounts they're not yet producing biodiesel > from algae - > maybe soon, hopefully, but not "now". > > If I'm missing something maybe you'll point it out, > but otherwise, > why do you say "now!"? > > PetroSun announced in March that its commercial > algae-to-biofuels > plant would go online on April 1, at least one news > source announced > (on March 29) "First Algae Biodiesel Plant Goes > Online", though it > hadn't yet, and now it's two months later and > nothing more has been > heard about it, and there doesn't seem to be any > further news at > their website. > > And so on. We've been hearing that "biodiesel from > algae is here > now!" for more than three years, and it still isn't > here. Well, these > things take time, but why is it that the subject of > biodiesel from > algae seems to obscure the essential difference > between "now" and > "sometime soon"? > > Can we have a reality check please? Discuss algal > biodiesel > developments all you like, please feel free, but the > next time > somebody somehow feels compelled to blurt out > "biodiesel from algae > is here now!" would they mind first getting a solid > answer to the > question: "Where can I buy some?"? > > Thankyou. > > Best > > Keith > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
