UTILIZATION OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR WASTE RECLAMATION
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4340335
Basic rational formulations for the design of a process for growing algae in liquid animal, industrial, and home food processing wastes are presented. The derivations utiize the law of conservation of energy, data on available solar energy, light transmitting characteristics of algal cultures, and experimental data resulting from laboratory and pilot plant investigations of algal culture in liquid wastes. Much additional data concerning the interrelationship of the different variables and their quantitative values for different conditions are necessary for further refinement of design calculations. Nevertheless, pilot plant operation experience has shown that the process can be design and operated in accordance wlth these criteria. Through the use of this process, a large part of the nutrients in municipal sewage and many industrial wastes can be converted to algal cells and waste treatment simultaneously effected. Yields of algal cells and of crude protein, much higher than those now achieved by usual agriculture methods, are obtained. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- California. Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Engineering
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-009110
- OSTI ID:
- 4340335
- Report Number(s):
- AECU-3676
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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