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- Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:47 pm
- Forum: About Biorealis Systems, Inc.
- Topic: Thanks for this site
- Replies: 8
- Views: 45246
Re: Thanks for this site
I still think it is worth pursuing too... but life intervenes. It seems to be working through the system anyway - Sciam had an article (cover too) a while back on "grassoline" It'll take another ten years before we see the full process, and I probably should have pushed myself to test it but... Anyw...
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:22 pm
- Forum: About Biorealis Systems, Inc.
- Topic: Thanks for this site
- Replies: 8
- Views: 45246
Re: Thanks for this site
Too quiet around here lately. I know how busy I am, and I've heard rumours about Bob's schedule, but I have trouble believing no one else is doing anything interesting in the world of anaerobic digestors, composting toilets, sustainable living... you know, all that fun stuff around saving the world....
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Biofilter
- Topic: Drum Biofilter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 32806
Re: Drum Biofilter
Good to see some posting here! There is a project from the University of Alberta using clay pots with organic temper materials that are burnt off to make a filter capable of straining microbes and other contaminants from water....very little info on the actual website, but there is more kicking arou...
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:51 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: saving the world and other fun stuff...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 104569
Re: saving the world and other fun stuff...
There is a lot of new information available. Found this tonight:
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department ... agdex11397
So it seems to me that the AD process is gaining traction.
here's hoping.
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department ... agdex11397
So it seems to me that the AD process is gaining traction.
here's hoping.
- Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: saving the world and other fun stuff...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 104569
Re: saving the world and other fun stuff...
http://engrwww.usask.ca/oldsite/societies/csae/protectedpapers/c0556.pdf has a summary of the straw from cereal grains available in the Prairie Provinces. After deducting 1t/ha for preventing wind/water erosion, and the amounts necessary for livestock feed and bedding the three prairie provinces pro...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: saving the world and other fun stuff...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 104569
Re: saving the world and other fun stuff...
Yup, I can still get to the private forums. You fixed that for me just before you went south.
I'm not giving it a lot of time, but hope to be able to steal an hour or so a day for reading etc. Dishes, laundry and house cleaning all provide lots of time for the digestion/planning/headgames.
I'm not giving it a lot of time, but hope to be able to steal an hour or so a day for reading etc. Dishes, laundry and house cleaning all provide lots of time for the digestion/planning/headgames.
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: saving the world and other fun stuff...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 104569
Re: saving the world and other fun stuff...
My world is well. I am living off the largess of the government (well... I've paid for it already, but still, it seems nice) My wife and daughter are both doing well. (Natalie has a cold, but we live in the north and she is an elementary school principal - it comes with the paycheck). Brainstorms ju...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:06 am
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: saving the world and other fun stuff...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 104569
Re: saving the world and other fun stuff...
Just went through the original post, and most of the links are broken. Going to take some time soon to rework them all...
worried especially about the McLeod Harvester, as it was a fairly small company, and its website is now showing up as a malware thing or something. Not good.
worried especially about the McLeod Harvester, as it was a fairly small company, and its website is now showing up as a malware thing or something. Not good.
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:42 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Can I use straw as a raw material input?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 27742
Re: Can I use straw as a raw material input?
ha! Finally finding time to read that article on straw digestibility and treatments to increase it. Love that some of the data is from 1919. This is some good stuff Bob, thanks for the link! I am currently unemployed, so I think I will spend some time this winter surfing & write up a version of my i...
- Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Can I use straw as a raw material input?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 27742
- Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:43 am
- Forum: Composting Toilet
- Topic: Bob's composting toilet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22813
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:45 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Can I do?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21471
I was just speculating at the 1 truck a day. Maybe you don't need that much, maybe you need more... Ideally, from my point of view what we should all be working on is lobbying municipal governments to make full use of the sewer waste passing through their systems. If every town used anaerobic digest...
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:12 am
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Can I do?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21471
Depending on the systems you use. It is certainly possible to use a batch process, but with cow manure the retention time is relatively low, so that would lead to a lot of handeling...open digestter, empty digester, refill digester, close digester, wait four days and repeat... If you can predict a r...
- Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:20 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Final Year Project
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19307
Unfortunately the site was hacked. Bob lost all the data back to his last backup. Which meant quite a number of posts, including our discussion of your project. I am glad to see you found your way back though. Did they explain In what ways was the polyethylene plant not suited for Malaysia? That mig...
- Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:17 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Calculator questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 30091
Jacquay, Posting this mostly just so it pings for Bob. He's had some problems with the site lately and I'm not sure how often he's letting it pull him away from paying work... If I recall correctly the calculator is based on numbers from a book he has... he's mentioned it before in this forum, but i...
- Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: About Biorealis Systems, Inc.
- Topic: Hacked again!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18007
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:24 pm
- Forum: Bioshelter
- Topic: Rain water diverter valves
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20025
- Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:34 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: Plug flow digester
- Replies: 18
- Views: 44748
- Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:15 pm
- Forum: Biofilter
- Topic: My future wetland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 40939
Idle speculation I suppose, but we measure the thickness of ice around here in feet, and drive trucks on it... but a fairly small aeration unit will keep the water from freezing in the dugouts... at least where the bubbles surface. I would suspect that if you are only dealing with a couple of inches...
- Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:34 pm
- Forum: Anaerobic Digester
- Topic: mini digester...?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 129441