(GP/GT) for Additional Water Supply in the Lower Rio Grande

use as food supplements for carp and tilapia, suggesting that they might be
useful as a food supplement for crawfish. The University of Southwestern
louisiana is proposing to use a symbiotic greenhouse aquaculture unit to
determine the cost effectiveness of using geothermal heat for nursery
production of exotic tropical species and to generate water hyacinths for
composting and use as crawfish food supplements (Huner and others, 1990).
Processing
Temperatures available in geopressured resources are generally adequate
for food and grain processing, and packaging. Specific applications are
determined by market needs, the types of food and grains available, and
transportation economics. Cooling needs can be met by using refrigeration
units that use energy from the hot geothermal fluids, or from gas-fired units
using gas that is available in the geopressured resource. The refrigeration
units can also be driven with electricity from a binary cycle generator
installed at a geopressured facility.
Agricultural crops and fish processing have high potentials for
development in areas where potential geopressured resources are located.
Agro-flex is investigating various applications for use in the 13 parishes in
louisiana that the organization represents. Installing facilities to process
products resulting from an integrated geopressured facility could prove to be
an economical adjunct.
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