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    You are at:Home»State News»KU Researches Waste-water as Alternative

    KU Researches Waste-water as Alternative

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    By KMAN Staff on July 15, 2012 State News

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A University of Kansas researcher is using waste-water to manufacturer bio-fuel.

    The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that assistant professor Belinda Sturm grows algae in nitrogen- and phosphorus-laden Lawrence waste-water. Normally, the waste-water is discharged into the Kansas River after it’s treated.

    Instead, the resulting algae and water mixture is refined to a slurry. The substance then is processed to capture lipids an oily compound like soybean oil for manufacture of bio-fuel.

    Engineering professor Dennis Lane says the wastewater-to-algae approach could help communities comply with federal regulations being drafted. Those regulations are expected to reduce the concentrations of phosphorous and nitrogen permitted in water leaving treatment facilities.

    Sturm’s project has won an award from the Academy of Environmental Engineers. Lane says the challenge is making the approach commercially competitive.

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