crimsonecho
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Ok farm,
This is by no means an advanced technique or a problem. I just didn’t know where to post it.
Now, the curiosity got me going. The question on my mind is about a classic, yeast and sugar rig. Which probably we all have stumbled upon in our researches.
One gets a big tub with a lid, fills it with sugar and water then adds yeast and seals it to produce co2. This process also produces ethanol as a by-product. Thats why beer and wine makers are using this type of fermentation for their processes.
I also stumbled upon something called aerobic respiration. Which doesn’t seem to produce the unwanted ethanol so it seems like a better way to produce co2. The by-product being just water and co2.
Now, i’m sure we have some chemists on board and some biologists too, we cannot be all dreamers, artist and visionaries :)
If anyone wants to enlighten me and the farm on the subject, it would be much appreciated.
The question on my mind is, if i use a big airstone at the bottom of my tub and push air into the mixture, rather than sealing it, would it produce more co2 for a longer period with the same amount of sugar? Or what would be the difference in the terms of co2 production?
Now i know that an aquarium pump cannot saturate the water with oxygen to the extend that only aerobic respiration takes place. But still the question is valid i think. Why do all use anaerobic respiration to produce co2? It is a process to produce alcohol after all. Which is toxic. Also the process seems lot less efficient compared to aerobic respiration. At least to a layman.
Mind you, i’m not trying to reach 1000ppm or anything. Its just about providing a little boost to my plants residing in a less than optimally ventilated room but still would like to use the best and most efficient process for it.
This is by no means an advanced technique or a problem. I just didn’t know where to post it.
Now, the curiosity got me going. The question on my mind is about a classic, yeast and sugar rig. Which probably we all have stumbled upon in our researches.
One gets a big tub with a lid, fills it with sugar and water then adds yeast and seals it to produce co2. This process also produces ethanol as a by-product. Thats why beer and wine makers are using this type of fermentation for their processes.
I also stumbled upon something called aerobic respiration. Which doesn’t seem to produce the unwanted ethanol so it seems like a better way to produce co2. The by-product being just water and co2.
Now, i’m sure we have some chemists on board and some biologists too, we cannot be all dreamers, artist and visionaries :)
If anyone wants to enlighten me and the farm on the subject, it would be much appreciated.
The question on my mind is, if i use a big airstone at the bottom of my tub and push air into the mixture, rather than sealing it, would it produce more co2 for a longer period with the same amount of sugar? Or what would be the difference in the terms of co2 production?
Now i know that an aquarium pump cannot saturate the water with oxygen to the extend that only aerobic respiration takes place. But still the question is valid i think. Why do all use anaerobic respiration to produce co2? It is a process to produce alcohol after all. Which is toxic. Also the process seems lot less efficient compared to aerobic respiration. At least to a layman.
Mind you, i’m not trying to reach 1000ppm or anything. Its just about providing a little boost to my plants residing in a less than optimally ventilated room but still would like to use the best and most efficient process for it.