"Hi Peter,
Have you tried searching the Abstracts database on BIE? I did a search using the terms:
("water hyacinth" or "eichhornia crassipes") and (biofuels or biomass or biogas or biodiesel)
.......and got around 170…"
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Pongamia trumped all other biofuels now thats worth a look
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Tree may offer fuel solution: expert PETRINA BERRYNovember 17, 2009AAPCars could soon be running on a biofuel produced from a common legume tree.A team of experts at the University of Queensland (UQ)…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Krishna Gandhi Apr 10.
Water Hyacinth
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Hi AllWe are looking for any literature and or information on the use of Water Hyacinth as a biofuel.Principally the use of harvested WH composted and used for methane production and or dried…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Halina Dawson Apr 17.
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Krishna Gandhi replied to Peter Harper's discussion Pongamia trumped all other biofuels now thats worth a look"One of the added advantages is its capacity to enrich soil nitrogen, as it is a leguminous plant. This tree hold huge potential for India, yet it has not received as much attention as jatropha in India.
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Vincent Gainey replied to Peter Harper's discussion Water Hyacinth"Also aware that in Western Kenya, Water Hyacinth is being harvested from Lake Victoria and used by local groups for making mats, baskets etc. Still on a fairly small scale and have not yet heard of it being harvested for fuel use (although thanks to…"
Stephen Klaber replied to Peter Harper's discussion Water Hyacinth"Eradication only works with small isolated infestations. You WILL be fighting it again. That requires a profit somewhere. China will catch up quickly. Their anaerobic digestion equipment does handle WH well according to a…"
Stephen Klaber replied to Peter Harper's discussion Water Hyacinth"In Bungoma Kenya, my colleague Salim Shaban is making fuel briquettes from WH and garbage, burning them in the new low-pollution stoves that produce charcoal as a byproduct, and using the charcoal for biochar. Bungoma is a clumsy distance from…"
Roger Day replied to Peter Harper's discussion Water Hyacinth"I don't have any recent information, but there was a nice little book by Keith Lindsey and Hans-Martin Hirt of Anamed (http://www.anamed.net/) including a chapter on WH as a fuel. If you got in touch with them they would probably have an…"
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Hi AllWe are looking for any literature and or information on the use of Water Hyacinth as a biofuel.Principally the use of harvested WH composted and used for methane production and or dried material to fuel in remote locations in low socio economic communities.We have found that WH is has increased its abundance in the Asia Region (India and China) with a now limited use as a stock feed, with no use of herbicides and the limitations and or no biocontrol available and mechanical removal beyond…See More
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