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I have been researching what type of algae I should use for
my experiment. The good thing about algae is it will grow. Algae is among the
fastest growing plants, it also can be grown year round unlike
seasonal crops.
The worlds fastest growing algae is called Microalgae which is very small. With
all the species of algae out there it is tough to pick which will work best. It
would also be time consuming to
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test them all. Certain strains of algae are
more suitable for biofuels. So it important to be very selective on what to
test and use for biofuels. For the most
part species such as Meredithia has been used in research. Through studies it
has shown that algae grows faster in warm to hot water with sunlight. There are
several different ways to extract the oil used for the biofuel from algae as
well as ways to grow algae such as vertical growth and compression, closed tank
bioreactor, etc. If you are interested on how algae biodiesel is grown, processed,
and made check out:
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Wow, this is really neat! I'm now wondering how I can set up one of those vertical growing systems in my yard but would still need someone to buy my algae and convert it. :)
ReplyDeleteShelby--this is a great post. I would think that if you use a local algae species your results might provide information to those interested in a start-up business. I would think that Florida would be a good place to do this!
ReplyDeleteI would also like to know (and will certainly be asking you) what is the fuel production to algae weight ratio? In other words--how much algae would it take to produce enough fuel to fill my car?
Algae as Bio-fuel? I've never heard of anything like this. But from my understanding of what I read in the link that you provided, they convert it into biodiesel. This makes sense on the accord that diesel fuel engines run based upon compression rather than combustion. Much like how a diesel fueled vehicle can run on straight vegetable oil, it could be run on algae oil? Pretty Interesting!
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