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Riva On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Cochran-Stafira, D. Liane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Sean, > I have used chitosan in rotifer cultures contaminated with algae. It > worked to a degree, but it took a long time since the algae were colonial > greens in a gelatinous matrix. I didn't use electrolysis however. Just the > chitosan. There is a paper by an Indian group that describes using chitosan > to remove algae from water that would be distributed for household use. If > I can find it, I'll send it to you. Can you provide your email address? > (off line if you prefer) > **************************************** > D. Liane Cochran-Stafira, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Biological Sciences > Saint Xavier University > 3700 West 103rd Street > Chicago, Illinois 60655 > > phone: 773-298-3514 > fax: 773-298-3536 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://faculty.sxu.edu/~cochran/ > > <http://faculty.sxu.edu/~cochran/> > > ________________________________ > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sean_McKenzie?= > Sent: Mon 11/3/2008 1:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Suggestions for algae flocculation > > > > Hello, > I am working on a project to use algae cultured in wastewater treatment > facilities to produce methane in an anaerobic digester. The aim of the > project is to run our counties bus system on the methane to decrease the > CO2 > footprint of public transportation and use a local, nearly carbon-neutral > (since the algae will sink the CO2 released upon combustion) source of > energy. In order to produce a viable amount of methane, we need to have > our > digester filled with large amounts of algal sludge. Thus, we are trying to > find a good method of flocculating the algae (ideally one that is both > carbon neutral and would be chemical free). I have heard that chitosan and > an electrolysis would achieve this. I have also hear that certain fish > will > eat the algae even though it is indigestible and the algae will be > flocculated in the feces. If anyone knows any better methods of algae > flocculation, I would greatly appreciate your help. If you are interested > in our project, please visit our website lanealgae.org. > Thanks, > -Sean >
