Algae Biodiesel NewsSept. 15, 2010 Issue
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Editor's Note: Algae biodiesel continues to gain momentum everywhere. Experts everywhere are coming out in favor of this revolutionary new fuel. Of course, it is nothing we didn't know already, but it's nice to be agreed with, rather than argued with all the time. We are on the cutting edge! Major University Admits Hard Science Problems Relating to Algae Have Been SolvedArizona State University Senior Vice President Rick Shangraw recently said "…algae will “deliver soon” because…most of the hard science problems regarding algae have been solved…Now…it’s largely an engineering problem." Algae production start-ups are quickly gaining momentum as they are quickly moving technologies out of the lab and into commercial-scale algae production. Many new algae production plants are scaling-up to produce algae oil and biomass for co-products. Proven technologies are being bench marked for commercial use and implemented today in the scale-up of the new algae industry. Enhanced research will surely continue as algaepreneurs move into commercial-scale algae production. Full text here: http://atomic5.com/major-university-admits-hard-science-problems-relating-to-algae-have-been-solved A special report on military biofuelsEditor's Note: The military is diving head first into algae based biofuels. This is the latest in a series of developments. In California, Solazyme tells that it has signed a new deal with the US Navy and Honeywell’s UOP to deliver 150,000 gallons of algal-based biofuel for HRF-76 Renewable Naval Distillate fuel, the primary shipboard fuel used by the Navy. The Navy’s long term strategy is to supply 50% of its energy from renewables by 2020. How much is that? At this time, military biofuels are generally approved for 50 percent blends in aviation, which thereby creates a potential demand of around 3.2 billion gallons for US military biofuels in the near term. Full text here: http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/09/15/join-the-navy-and-free-the-world-a-special-report-on-military-biofuels/ Cool Stuff: Ford Motors Producing Hydrogen Fueled Cars? Ford designers have introduced a new supercharged v-10 engine with a tri-flex
fueling system that allows users to enjoy a choice of three different fuels including gasoline, E85 ethanol or
hydrogen. In a tri-flex fueling system owners can utilize any or all of these fueling options using the same engine and only the flip of a switch. The tri-flex fueling system on the Ford F-250 Super Chief allows operators to go 500 miles between total refueling with the supercharger activated only when using the hydrogen fueling system.
Full text here: http://www.trucktrend.com/future/concepts/163_0604_ford_f250_super_chief_concept/index.html Algae Based Architecture Algae-Covered Buildings Boost Biofuel Production
2.) Vary the amount of nutrients. Once again, seems
basic, but most people don't do it. I give away a test bioreactor in the Making
Algae Photobioreactors at home free download. I saw one like it and wanted to buy it until I found out the
price was $10,000 USD, so I built one. With this you can test 10 different variables at once. Taking
literally YEARS off the testing phase. Try it, it's free, and it works great for testing different nutrients as
well as varying the amount of nutrients.
3.) Vary your lighting. Again, seems very basic but
most people think they are married to amount of sunlight they receive. Not true. First, if you're using
sunlight (the best option) then you can either build a cheap canopy over the pond, or cover it completely
during parts of the day. If you're using a bioreactor, then you have complete control over the lighting aspect.
I think artificial light isn't as good as sunlight, but a lot of die-hard bioreactor guys would argue
it.
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