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Mr Fusion has come, algae diesel has passed the ATSM and is now a commercial product!
http://jalopnik.com/397266/algae-diesel-passes-final-exam-plans-for-weekend-bender
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This is great news. I'm really waiting for someone who can produce large quantities of algae based oil from normal, pond based farms that don't require feedstocks other than sunlight.
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Id be happy if they could speed up the process so I could just throw last nights leftovers into Mr Fusion and drive on to work.
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The vertical algae plants seem like a better option than the pond based system since they effectively increase the surface area for greater algae growth and can keep rogue algae and unwanted bacteria from entering the system. Also there is little to no water loss.
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"In addition, it meets the new ASTM ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) standards."
Hahah! Maybe because it doesn't have sulfur in it? Where is this being sold? I couldn't find any information on their website. Somewhere in California, I presume?
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As a professional chemist, I'll look into this further.
Sounds good but there must be a carbon and hydrogen source input to the algae to get out diesel hydrocarbons. Is carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen from the water the chemical inputs or is another feedstock required?
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I'm a little confused... Is this article describing a process for simultaneously growing and processing algae into oil or is it describing a process to convert algae (produced in other locations) and other feedstocks into oil?
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Hmm.. come to think of it.. no-light fermentation? Time to buy stock in AB before they get into the biodiesel business
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Are you just thinking as a prospective farmer or are you thinking of becoming a prospective farmer? If you want to become an algae farmer, I want to help ... or invest.
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Looks like the carbon dioxide needed would dictate placing the algae farm to tap into a high carbon dioxide waste steam such as a coal fired electrical generation plant.
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The articles I've read/watched suggest that the ideal pairing would be an oil fired plant with the exhaust feeding an algae tube farm that produces oil for the plant. Ideally, it could be totally self-sustaining.
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CO2 could come from the air, but the concentration is likely not ideal. How do they get the CO2 to the algae, bubbles? Perhaps the saturation point of CO2 in the slurry is a critical parameter?? If so a concentrated CO2 source would be necessary.
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Maybe Anheuser Bush needs to go into the fuel business. They already have a great PR network.
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