[Digestion] AD of Water Hyacinth

[Rex Zietsman]

Hi Alex and other Listers

I have an article on the digestion of hyacinth that I downloaded years ago.
Anyone interested in it, please email me and I will send you a copy.

Kind regards
Rex

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 20:17:39 -0500
From: Alex Eaton <alex at sistemabiobolsa.com>
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Subject: Re: [Digestion] Water hyacinth
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Dear Dr. Karve,

Could you share any loading rates or retention times related to water
hyacinth?

Also, currently the coast of Mexico is in the middle of a massive seaweed
bloom,  and it is clogging up all the beaches and ports of the coast.  Has
anyone ever worked with a sea weed? Obviously it would a high salt content,
and I suspect some undigestable portions, but maybe the energy production
could break even with efforts to clean up the area. Any thoughts or
experiences?

Best,

Alex

On Oct 6, 2015 8:11 PM, "Anand Karve" <adkarve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Water bodies in several tropical countries (including India) are 
> invaded by a floating aquatic weed called water hyacinth. In many 
> cases it covers the entire water surface. Its leaves enhance the 
> evaporative surface of the water body and thus cause rapid depletion 
> of water. In most countries it is considered a menace, but  it can 
> very easily be converted into biogas. All one needs is a biphasic 
> digester. in which the first phase converts the material into organic 
> acids, which then flow into the second phase, which is the actual 
> biogas digester.  Water hyacinth should therefore be considered to be a
useful source of clean energy and not a menace.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
> ***
> Dr. A.D. Karve