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Indiana Company to Submit Proposal to Utilize Algae to Treat Wastewater and Create Renewable Energy
| Source: Thieneman Construction, Inc.
CROWN POINT, IN--(Marketwire - June 12, 2008) - Ewire -- Algaewheel, Inc. announced today
that they will be submitting a proposal to build a facility in Cedar Lake,
Indiana that uses algae to treat municipal wastewater and uses the sludge
byproduct to produce electricity, heat, and biofuel. Christopher Limcaco,
President of Algaewheel, announced that Algaewheel has partnered with
Thieneman Construction to develop and design the proposal. Algaewheel
President Christopher Limcaco praised town officials for their
forward-thinking and responsible leadership, stating, "Cedar Lake officials
are demonstrating both fiscal and environmental awareness by soliciting the
proposal, and Algaewheel is excited about the opportunity."
The continued growth of Cedar Lake has necessitated the construction of a
new wastewater treatment facility. The new facility will be capable of
treating an estimated 2.25 million gallons of wastewater per day, and will
serve the residents on the west side of Cedar Lake. Algaewheel's bid will
be submitted by July 7th, 2008, and the successful bidder should be
identified by September 7th, 2008. Construction of the new facility should
begin this year and be completed by the end of 2009.
The groundbreaking facility would include a patented type of algae
production. Invented by Algaewheel's President, Christopher Limcaco, the
process uses specially designed wheels that maximize algae production and
automatically harvest the algae. The wheel, which has been in development
for 13 years, quadruples the surface area available for algae production as
compared to a stationery algae tank, which significantly reduces the
footprint of the facility.
The algae are a component of the system that treats and filters the
wastewater by removing certain contaminates, such as phosphorous, and
breaking down solids. According to Limcaco, "The system is basically an
algae farm using the wastewater as fertilizer." The resulting sludge is a
mixture of wastewater solids and algae. This mixture is then thermally
treated using a process similar to gasification, a technology that has been
around for years. During the thermal process, oils are removed from the
sludge mixture in stage one, and the remaining solids are gasified to
produce electricity and high grade fertilizer in stage two.
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