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Dhruva Katrekar

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Nov 2, 2012, 2:33:52 PM11/2/12
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hi,
i think we have had enough of a debate on the source and we think algal bioplastics would be a better idea than bioplastics from corn or maize....
algae-------oil+biomass 
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sold to biofuel           used for bioplastics
manufacturers

the algae has about 30%biomass.....which will be retained after oil extraction.....this will be fermented to produce lactic acid...which is then polymerised to polylactide...this is then converted to pellets or products.

and this was what prof ramachandran said that u are just proposing a b plan... not an actual plant!! good so i think we will stick to the algae and sale of algal oil concept...
 he is working on production of PHA from glycerol but according to him glycerol is not available at cheap rates...and he also said that algal bioplastics would be expensive...but when i asked him about the oil extract being used for biodiesel production and biomass being used for bioplastic production he said it might be feasible...depends on the process...he was also aware of the fact that the gov. has allocated 250 acres of land in tamil nadu for algal cultivation to be used for biodiesel...he said that till now however algae was only cultivated for medicinal use in india and many companies did it!! 

Srihita Rudraraju

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Nov 2, 2012, 10:15:25 PM11/2/12
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hey dhruv, can you also post the entire process... in detail..

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Priyankaa Pitcheshwar

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Nov 3, 2012, 12:09:22 AM11/3/12
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Hi,
     The PDF is a Business Plan by S.A.B. Manufacturing abt algal BP....Details of Operational process is given...There is also a lot of info on the marketing and financial aspect!!

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SAB Algal Bioplastics.pdf

Shalin Doshi

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Nov 3, 2012, 1:31:17 AM11/3/12
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Awesome work, that's really an important article!

However it again describes selling of bioplastic pellets and not the finished product as a whole.


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S.RAGAVI

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Nov 3, 2012, 2:39:35 AM11/3/12
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 GOOD WORK by the technical team . The article is really convincing to use algae as a source.

@All      any views against Algae as a source ? If so please put forward your doubts asap.
My doubt is regarding the products Is it pellets or direct products ??

And yes ,Technical team can start making a rough PPT .

 

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Shalin Doshi

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Nov 4, 2012, 1:00:08 AM11/4/12
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@Dhruva how much production are we aiming at? Asi in how much capacity of fermentors, etc should we be looking for?
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