I've been doing some theoretical work on genetically engineered phytoplankton and other organisms that might alleviate greenhouse warming.
On Nov 7, 9:24 pm, BHASKAR M V <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr Capron > > Diatoms increase the dissolved oxygen level within minutes. > Thus anaerobic conditions are converted into aerobic conditions. > In raw sewage that emits Hydrogen Sulphide due to anaerobic bacteria, use of > Nualgi stops the generation of H2S within hours and thereafter aerobic > conditions prevail as long as Nualgi and Diatoms are present in the sewage. > > I have browsed your website, Nualgi and Diatoms produce the same result you > are targeting but in the exactly opposite manner. > Increase in Oxygen level ends the Anaerobic conditions and emission of > Methane and CO2. > The Aerobic bacteria feed Diatoms, these feed Zooplankton and these feed > fish, thus fish population increases. > > If Diatoms can be harvested they would be good source of biodiesel. > If Zooplankton can be harvested they would be a good source of Ammonia. > We believe that harvesting diatoms and zooplankton from open waters to be > too expensive and hence are not planning to do this, catching fish is much > easier, more useful and profitable. > > We are using Nualgi to support Aerobic bacteria and the nutrients are > recycled. > In Aquaculture ponds use of Nualgi reduces the need for use of fish feed by > 50%, since the feces of the fish and shrimp is recycled back as food in the > form of Zooplankton. > Diatoms also absorb the CO2 exhaled by fish and bacteria and release oxygen, > this eliminates the need to use Electric Aerators in aquaculture ponds. > > The micro nutrient requirement of all chlorophyll is similar, hence Nualgi > can be used on plants too in agriculture and horticulture. We are also > marketing a Foliar Spray version of Nualgi for terrestrial plants. > > In water Diatoms dominate and bloom faster that other micro and macro algae > and aquatic plants. > Thats is the reason why the use of Nualgi prevents bloom of Cyanobacteria, > Dinoflagellates and Water Hyacinth. > Cyanobacteria crashes within hours of use of Nualgi. > The color of a lake changes from Black / Grey / Dark Green to light brown in > a week. > Water Hyacinth stops growing and slowly dies off in a few months. > Use of excess quantity of Nualgi would result in complete domination of the > water by Diatoms and this is to be avoided. > > Nualgi is based on nano silica (invented by Du Pont in 1959 and used in > chemical industry to deliver catalysts) and the micro nutrients are loaded > onto the nano silica. So the silica cannot be eliminated and hence it works > best on Diatoms, since they are the only Chlorophyll bearing organism that > require silica. > > best regards > > Bhaskarwww.kadambari.net > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > M V Bhaskar, > > > Do you have a feel for how well the Nualgi mix would recycle in an > > open-ocean bacterial anaerobic digestion process? With bacterial anaerobic > > digestion, you should be able to use Nualgi to start a bloom and then keep > > the bloom going by recycling the nutrients. > > > Does your success targeting diatoms with Nualgi suggest you could make > > other nutrient blends that would suit macro-algae or other aquatic plants? > > > Mark E. Capron, PE > > Oxnard, California > >www.PODenergy.org > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [geo] Re: The Royal Society: Geoengineering: a brave new > > world? 19 January 2010 > > From: M V Bhaskar <[email protected]> > > Date: Sat, November 07, 2009 2:53 am > > To: geoengineering <[email protected]> > > > Hi Everyone > > > I joined this group today and this is my first post. > > > We are working on a very specific solution of using Diatom Algae to > > solve many problems. > > > I have been reading about the issue of Ocean Fertilization for the > > past 1 year and find that there is some ambiguity in the literature. > > The intention seems to be to cause bloom of Diatom Algae but the word > > phytoplankton is used more often. > > While Diatoms are phytoplankton, there are many other phytoplankton > > other than diatoms. > > The latest iron fertilization experiment - LOHAFEX is considered a > > failure because it could not cause a bloom of Diatoms using Iron > > Sulphate. > > > The post below says - > > >fertilising the oceans with nutrients in order to produce more > > phytoplankton to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide. > > > We are being more focussed by proposing the use of silica and micro > > nutrients all in nano size to cause a bloom of Diatom Algae. > > Our product is patented in US, # 7585898, Composition for growth of > > Diatom Algae, Mr. Thothathri Sampath Kumar, Bangalore, India. > > >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=P... > > Nualgi contains Silica and all the micro nutrients required by Diatom > > Algae - Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Sulfur, Calcium, > > Boron, Potassium, Magnesium, Chlorine. The powder is stable in water > > for a long time and the nano particles mix and spread out into water > > very easily. > > Thus Nualgi is a very good substitute for simple Hematite ore or Iron > > sulphate thats been used in the Ocean Iron Fertilization experiments > > till date. > > > Diatoms not only absorb CO2, they also consume nutrients - Nitrogen > > and phosphorus, increase Dissolved Oxygen in water and are the natural > > food for fish. > > Therefore a controlled and steady bloom of Diatoms can be used to > > solve many problems - low DO level in water, low DO level causes fish > > kills in small water bodies and dead zones in oceans. In fact low DO > > level is caused by other Phytoplankton - Cyanobacteria (Blue Green > > Algae) and Dinoflagallates, when they crash. A steady bloom of Diatoms > > can prevent the excess bloom of harmful and not so useful algae. > > > We have been solving blue green algal blooms in fresh water lakes in > > India using Diatom Algae. > > > Dinoflagallates cause Red Tides. > > We are confident that Red Tides too can be controlled using Diatoms. > > > Fish population in the oceans is declining, Diatoms are the natural > > food for fish - diatoms are consumed by Zooplankton and these by fish. > > I have seen a report that the fish population of the oceans has > > reduced from about 7 billion tons 200 years ago to 2 billion tons at > > present, but could not confirm the numbers. Diatoms can help restore > > the fish population and the carbon in the form of Calcium Carbonate in > > the bones of the fish would also help sequester. > > > I look forward to a debate on the issue of Diatoms vs other > > phytoplankton and Nualgi vs other micro nutrients. > > > best regards > > > M V Bhaskar > > Kadambari Consultants Pvt Ltd > > Hyderabad. India > > +91 92465 08213 > >www.kadambari.net > >www.nualgi.com/new > >www.nualgi.blogspot.com > > Post on Oilgae blog - > >http://www.oilgae.com/blog/2009/10/nualgi-algae-nutrient-that-cleans....- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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