Comments on: VENTURE: Algal Biodiesel Project

By: Avaneesh.T

Avaneesh.T — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:21:34 +0000

Hey, me and a couple of my class mates did a similar project, with an aim towards exploring the use of semi-treated sewage as a medium of growth, the website “http://www.oilgae.com/” was a very useful sources of information. We too had to overcome the issue of separation of the algae and extraction of oil, however the lack of positive results discouraged the team to do further work.
I’m not really sure how feasible it would be but extraction of oil from fishes and other higher organisms will be drastically cheaper, though the biomass and hence oil per square meter extractable will be up to 20 times lower. since the area is not exactly an constraint, this could be a plausible route to explore.
Hakuna matata!!
Avaneesh

By: Jayson Anders

Jayson Anders — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:54:37 +0000

There are many people developing open source algae reactors and processing info on the web. Check out algaegeek.com as a great example. http://algaegeek.com

By: OT

OT — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:56:41 +0000

Have you checked out the videos on Vertigro’s work in El Paso, Texas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsq-uQSN-SE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.valcent.net%2Fi%2Fmedia%2FHighDensityVerticalBioreactor.html&feature=player_embedded Maybe you can even partner with them.

By: vinod

vinod — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:41:42 +0000

can u grow algae with see water?

what tyep of climatic condition required for algee plantation

please reply me on my g-mail adress

By: ankit

ankit — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:55:35 +0000

hey fantastic work can you tell how did you isolate oil from algae. I mean the steps required to isolate oil from it.

By: GlenStef

GlenStef — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:23:47 +0000

Hi there,
Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!

Have a nice day
GlenStef

By: jc

jc — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:17:45 +0000

Just because the technology is not available right now doesn’t mean it can’t work. That is what research is for.

By: GreenGenie

GreenGenie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:34:45 +0000

I disagree, energie. I looked into it, and algea has a TON of oil in it, that I’m guessing could be made into diesel some how. And what else are we going to do with it? These guys might be onto something. Keep up the good work!!

By: Phillip Ruffy

Phillip Ruffy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:14:47 +0000

On the contrary, Algae has a yield of over 4000 gallons per acre, compare that to its closet competitor, rapeseed, with a yield of 1200 gallons per acre. Algae can grow in a variety of environmental conditions and climates that normal feedstocks will not grow in. Algae is the future of biodeisel.

By: energiepass

energiepass — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:19:53 +0000

i can´t believe, that this will work in a economical way. We have seen a lot of projects in the past wanting to use algae for biodiesel or biogas production…but nothing did work