Here is the link to the comprehensive Dept. of Energy Report (all 328 pages of it) "A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy's Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae" http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/pdfs/biodiesel_from_algae.pdf
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "lowell sheffield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A lot of lit on this subject during 1980s. Search on "NTIS" which is U.S. > gov repository for gov funded research. The critters you want info on are > called "Microalgae" not algae and they produce Lipids" which you and I call > "oil". If you want info about getting the oil out of the microalgae search > on the net for "Lipid Extraction". Most of NTIS research on this is under > program called "Aquatic Species Program". Try to get 1987 and 1985 reports. > Each report cost me at least $30 to $60. Solar Energy Institute in Golden > CO. published a neat small report in 1985 called Fuel options from > Microalgae dated July 1984. If you get into this you will need to buy quite > a few chemicals, some common like Epsom Salt, baking soda and some pretty > exotic. If you want to look at "houses" for your critters search on the net > for "photobioreactor" . Tried this once and failed. Also wife and daughters > saw no humor in growing "pond scum" in the house. May try this one day when > I get some space out of the house but am more interested in finding cheap > sources of oil seeds. Hope this helps. Good luck. > > Lowell > > > >From: "balaji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: oil from algae... > >Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 19:48:23 +0530 > > > >Hi all, > >So am I. > >Balaji, > >Chennai, TN, India > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Pieter Koole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:26 AM > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: oil from algae... > > > > > > > I am interested as well. > > > > > > Met vriendelijke groet, > > > Pieter Koole > > > Netherlands. > > > > > > > > > > > > The information contained in this message (including attachments) is > > > confidential, and is intended for the addressee(s) > > > only. 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