FROM SEWAGE and ANIMAL AG WASTE TO ALGAE TO BIOFUELS

• Ever tour a sewage treatment plant or large animal feeding operation?  Chances are, if you have, you've experienced the unique odor created by sewage and/or manure.
• The fact is, the odor isn't the only problem.  Sewage and manure are loaded with organic chemicals, nitrates and phosphates.  If they get into our ground water, it ends up being polluted.  Most small municipal plants take care of most of the problem but there is more that can be done.
• The final phases are relatively easy and inexpensively solved. And, you end up with some usable products in the end.
  • The organics in sewage can feed methane producing bacteria.  This process results in methane gas which can be burned as a fuel.  The fuel can be used to drive electrical generators that can supplement a community's electricity needs. Many wastewater treatment plants already generate methane but have not used it to generate electricity. We can help!
  • The other products from the methane production are carbon dioxide and a liquid effluent that contains ammoniates and phosphates; the raw materials needed to promote algae growth in lakes and ponds across the US. Once again, we can help!
  • Using the right technology, we can grow massive quantities of algae. These algae usually have anywhere from 25% to 50% of their biomass as lipids.  The lipids might be able to beseparated from the solids and made into a fairly high quality biodiesel and the carbohydrates can easily be fermented into ethanol.
  • The remaining solids are made up of complex carbohydrates and proteins.  This algae "Flour" is valuable nutrient that can be added to animal feed.
  • Thus the circle is complete!                                                   
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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