Apr
9
Clean Wastewater and Make Fuel at the Same Time
April 9, 2015 | 2 Comments
Rice University scientists found they could grow high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90% of nitrates and more than 50% of phosphorous from wastewater. The study is one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels. Wastewater treatment facilities currently have […]
Jan
29
Two Fuels From One Algae
January 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Researchers Greg O’Neil of Western Washington University and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found an unusual and untapped class of chemical compounds in an algae species to synthesize two different fuel products, in parallel, a from the single algae. The algae is a common algae commercially grown to make fish food that […]
Dec
19
New Process Takes Wet Algae Straight to Crude Oil
December 19, 2013 | 3 Comments
Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in harvested algae. The new design could bring algae to a more market ready status. The research results have been published in the journal Algal Research. A biofuels company, […]
Jun
28
Can An Algae Save Coal Power Generation?
June 28, 2013 | 7 Comments
University of Delaware (UD) researcher Kathryn Coyne is growing algae in her lab at UD’s Lewes campus that could help cut power plant emissions and serve as a base ingredient for biofuel. The microscopic algae Heterosigma akashiwo grows rapidly on a gas mixture that has the same carbon dioxide and nitric oxide content as emissions […]
Apr
16
A Step Forward of Hydrogen Directly From Algae
April 16, 2013 | 3 Comments
A group of researchers at Uppsala University, led by Senior Lecturer Fikret Mamedov and Professor Stenbjörn Styring, have now made a discovery on hydrogen production from green algae. The team’s study paper has just appeared in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new research fuels hope of […]