> Mr Capron
> Diatoms increase the dissolved oxygen level within minutes.
> Thus anaerobic conditions are converted into aerobic conditions.
> In raw sewage that emits Hydrogen Sulphide due to anaerobic bacteria, use of
> Nualgi stops the generation of H2S within hours and thereafter aerobic
> conditions prevail as long as Nualgi and Diatoms are present in the sewage.
> I have browsed your website, Nualgi and Diatoms produce the same result you
> are targeting but in the exactly opposite manner.
> Increase in Oxygen level ends the Anaerobic conditions and emission of
> Methane and CO2.
> The Aerobic bacteria feed Diatoms, these feed Zooplankton and these feed
> fish, thus fish population increases.
> If Diatoms can be harvested they would be good source of biodiesel.
> If Zooplankton can be harvested they would be a good source of Ammonia.
> We believe that harvesting diatoms and zooplankton from open waters to be
> too expensive and hence are not planning to do this, catching fish is much
> easier, more useful and profitable.
> We are using Nualgi to support Aerobic bacteria and the nutrients are
> recycled.
> In Aquaculture ponds use of Nualgi reduces the need for use of fish feed by
> 50%, since the feces of the fish and shrimp is recycled back as food in the
> form of Zooplankton.
> Diatoms also absorb the CO2 exhaled by fish and bacteria and release oxygen,
> this eliminates the need to use Electric Aerators in aquaculture ponds.
> The micro nutrient requirement of all chlorophyll is similar, hence Nualgi
> can be used on plants too in agriculture and horticulture. We are also
> marketing a Foliar Spray version of Nualgi for terrestrial plants.
> In water Diatoms dominate and bloom faster that other micro and macro algae
> and aquatic plants.
> Thats is the reason why the use of Nualgi prevents bloom of Cyanobacteria,
> Dinoflagellates and Water Hyacinth.
> Cyanobacteria crashes within hours of use of Nualgi.
> The color of a lake changes from Black / Grey / Dark Green to light brown in
> a week.
> Water Hyacinth stops growing and slowly dies off in a few months.
> Use of excess quantity of Nualgi would result in complete domination of the
> water by Diatoms and this is to be avoided.
> Nualgi is based on nano silica (invented by Du Pont in 1959 and used in
> chemical industry to deliver catalysts) and the micro nutrients are loaded
> onto the nano silica. So the silica cannot be eliminated and hence it works
> best on Diatoms, since they are the only Chlorophyll bearing organism that
> require silica.
> best regards
> Bhaskarwww.kadambari.net
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:31 AM, <markcap...@podenergy.org> wrote:
> > M V Bhaskar,
> > Do you have a feel for how well the Nualgi mix would recycle in an
> > open-ocean bacterial anaerobic digestion process? With bacterial anaerobic
> > digestion, you should be able to use Nualgi to start a bloom and then keep
> > the bloom going by recycling the nutrients.
> > Does your success targeting diatoms with Nualgi suggest you could make
> > other nutrient blends that would suit macro-algae or other aquatic plants?
> > Mark E. Capron, PE
> > Oxnard, California
> >www.PODenergy.org
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [geo] Re: The Royal Society: Geoengineering: a brave new
> > world? 19 January 2010
> > From: M V Bhaskar <bhaskarmv...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, November 07, 2009 2:53 am
> > To: geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com>
> > Hi Everyone
> > I joined this group today and this is my first post.
> > We are working on a very specific solution of using Diatom Algae to
> > solve many problems.
> > I have been reading about the issue of Ocean Fertilization for the
> > past 1 year and find that there is some ambiguity in the literature.
> > The intention seems to be to cause bloom of Diatom Algae but the word
> > phytoplankton is used more often.
> > While Diatoms are phytoplankton, there are many other phytoplankton
> > other than diatoms.
> > The latest iron fertilization experiment - LOHAFEX is considered a
> > failure because it could not cause a bloom of Diatoms using Iron
> > Sulphate.
> > The post below says -
> > >fertilising the oceans with nutrients in order to produce more
> > phytoplankton to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide.
> > We are being more focussed by proposing the use of silica and micro
> > nutrients all in nano size to cause a bloom of Diatom Algae.
> > Our product is patented in US, # 7585898, Composition for growth of
> > Diatom Algae, Mr. Thothathri Sampath Kumar, Bangalore, India.
> >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=P...
> > Nualgi contains Silica and all the micro nutrients required by Diatom
> > Algae - Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Sulfur, Calcium,
> > Boron, Potassium, Magnesium, Chlorine. The powder is stable in water
> > for a long time and the nano particles mix and spread out into water
> > very easily.
> > Thus Nualgi is a very good substitute for simple Hematite ore or Iron
> > sulphate thats been used in the Ocean Iron Fertilization experiments
> > till date.
> > Diatoms not only absorb CO2, they also consume nutrients - Nitrogen
> > and phosphorus, increase Dissolved Oxygen in water and are the natural
> > food for fish.
> > Therefore a controlled and steady bloom of Diatoms can be used to
> > solve many problems - low DO level in water, low DO level causes fish
> > kills in small water bodies and dead zones in oceans. In fact low DO
> > level is caused by other Phytoplankton - Cyanobacteria (Blue Green
> > Algae) and Dinoflagallates, when they crash. A steady bloom of Diatoms
> > can prevent the excess bloom of harmful and not so useful algae.
> > We have been solving blue green algal blooms in fresh water lakes in
> > India using Diatom Algae.
> > Dinoflagallates cause Red Tides.
> > We are confident that Red Tides too can be controlled using Diatoms.
> > Fish population in the oceans is declining, Diatoms are the natural
> > food for fish - diatoms are consumed by Zooplankton and these by fish.
> > I have seen a report that the fish population of the oceans has
> > reduced from about 7 billion tons 200 years ago to 2 billion tons at
> > present, but could not confirm the numbers. Diatoms can help restore
> > the fish population and the carbon in the form of Calcium Carbonate in
> > the bones of the fish would also help sequester.
> > I look forward to a debate on the issue of Diatoms vs other
> > phytoplankton and Nualgi vs other micro nutrients.
> > best regards
> > M V Bhaskar
> > Kadambari Consultants Pvt Ltd
> > Hyderabad. India
> > +91 92465 08213
> >www.kadambari.net
> >www.nualgi.com/new
> >www.nualgi.blogspot.com
> > Post on Oilgae blog -
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