what's got me scratching my head is this: "oloid pond mixing nanotechnology"
wha. . .?!? On Dec 7, 2011 9:26 AM, "Darryl McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/algarythm-australia-270152 > > 5 December 2011 -- Algarythm Pty Ltd is the operating company of the > Darke Peak Algae Biofuel Commercialisation project. South Australian > based Fishace Pty Ltd; trading as Fishace Ecological Engineering, has > developed an innovative method to produce algal biomass in commercial > quantities. The pilot plant will develop more energy and water efficient > ways of producing micro algal cultures in association with our academic > partner, the Materials and BioEnergy Group of Flinders University, > Adelaide. > > Darke Peak is a regional township located in Central Eyre Peninsula, > South Australia, some 550kms by road to the West of Adelaide. Fishace > Pty Ltd owns a development approved 2.4 hectare land site adjacent to > the railway track and grain silos where the production facility will be > sited. The project utilises low cost, simple earth based pond systems > with highly technological - Red LED Algae Photo-Bioreactors for > increasing algal densities, Oloid pond mixing nanotechnology and simple > biofuel processing techniques. > > The demonstration project is designed to produce an estimated 165 tonnes > of algal biomass, refining offsite to 100,000 litres of raw biodiesel > per annum. We will use local grain waste as a nutrient feedstock, > culturing local saline algae species from biologically degraded land and > saline groundwater. > > The process consists of using clay lined ponds connected by piping in > gravity fed water circulative series that receives solar pumped saline > groundwater not used by agriculture. Native food fish will be stocked > with their wastes acting as nutrient stock for the algaculture system. > The algal powder is comprised of high levels of lipids and will be sold > as a dry biomass for processing to biodiesel and other by-products. > > Our community based mission is to develop low cost integrated > algaculture and ecological solutions for local businesses including > agri-business and mineral extraction industries on land unsuitable for > agricultural food production. > > We would also like to assist in reinvigorating our local rural townships > as a model for future sustainable living , with a third generation > biofuel facility contributing to Small Medium Enterprise (SME) > industrial clustering, producing high value cottage industry by-products > such as boutique salts, glycerine, health products, food fish, carbon > feedstock, to the regional economy. The decentralisation of bioenergy > transport networks also greatly reduces the regional carbon footprint. > > Company website: http://www.algarythm.com.au/ > > -- > Darryl McMahon > Water Savers: save water, save money, save the world. > http://www.econogics.com/WaterSaver/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20111209/270ce7b0/attachment.html _______________________________________________ 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/
