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AlgaeVS Home » News & Events » Articles & Newsletters » Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Host Proposal of Unique Sustainable Infrastructure System

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Host Proposal of Unique Sustainable Infrastructure System

An Expert Team of Collaborators formed to submit proposal to Ohio Third Frontier
By Mike Long, Resource 100 LTD

AlgaeVS and a Who’s Who of collaborators including The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, The Ohio State University, Honda of America Manufacturing, The Ohio Grocers Association, Rockwell Automation, The Center for Innovative Food Technology, Makel Engineering, George J. Igel and Company and Resource100 LTD submitted a Research Commercialization Proposal for a “Scalable and Integrated Waste to Energy System” to the Third Frontier Commission on November 7th.

This unique project, when fully implemented will use an integrated and synergistic system of technologies to provide waste removal, clean water, energy and food on a small footprint of less than 5 acres. AlgaeVS’s rapid algae farm will be the hub of the system which makes the integration possible.

What brings this diverse group of organizations together is a common goal of developing sustainable infrastructures that can lead to development of a sustainable community by ensuring that the development of a zoo, community, or nation makes smart infrastructure improvements that do not deplete natural resources. Therefore, the transition and adoption of policies and actions that rely on renewable resources figure heavily into the development of sustainable infrastructures including the zoo project which AlgaeVS and the collaborators want to replicate around the globe.

The collaborators on the proposed RCP project will:

  1. Receive Honda cafeteria & zoo restaurant food waste, mix it with zoo animal waste & anaerobically digest the mixture, assuring it does not go into a landfill or incinerator.
  2. Produce digester gas to be converted into electricity in the Makel Engineering engine.
  3. Produce compost that can be used in landscaping & food production.
  4. Produce a nutrient rich liquid from the digester which will be modeled by The Ohio State University / OARDC & controlled by technology from Rockwell Automation to provide “food” for AlgaeVS’s algae farm.
  5. Harvest & dewater the algae producing oil which will then be atomized & fed into the Makel engine to make electricity or ultimately be used to produce biodiesel fuel.
  6. Take the remaining biomass from the algae & either anaerobically digest it to produce more gas & electricity or use it as an animal feed based on recommendations of the animal nutritionists at the zoo & Ohio State.
  7. Rockwell Automation will develop software & control systems for system integration.
  8. CIFT & Resource100 LTD will provide systems engineering & project management.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 9:00 am and is filed under Articles & Newsletters. You can leave a response below.

2 Responses to “Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Host Proposal of Unique Sustainable Infrastructure System”

  1. Sandy Says:

    December 19th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Super stuff! This was a really helpful post, thanks for pulling it all together.

  2. Russell Says:

    December 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Just want to tell you thanks for all the great info found on your blog, even helped me with my work recently :) keep it up!

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