Marine Biomass Program, final report April 1981-April 1984
This constitutes the Final Report of work performed on the Marine Biomass Program by the General Electric Company and its associates for the Gas Research Institute. An overview of work performed from 1976 through 1982 is provided as background for a detailed discussion of the research and development tasks performed during 1983. The background section discusses previous major program activities such as the Offshore Test Platform, Nearshore Test Farm project at Goleta, and the Hemidome experiment. Also discussed in this section are the anaerobic process development and anaerobic microbiological research tasks. A list of all significant program publications is given. Also provided in this Final Report are detailed progress reports on the 1983 projects which include the development of a comprehensive Kelp Farm Model. This work was performed by the California Institute of Technology and Scripps Institution of Oceanography under the direction of the General Electric Company. This section discusses research tasks in kelp physiology that were performed in order to provide detailed inputs for the model as well as discussing the rationale for construction of the comprehensive model.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA (USA). Advanced Energy Programs Dept.
- OSTI ID:
- 6166524
- Report Number(s):
- PB-85-100691/XAD
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB83-167247
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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