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USING ALGAE TO CAPTURE CARBON

USING ALGAE TO CAPTURE CARBON. H. LYNN WALKER LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 5, 2009. ENERGY APPLICATIONS. REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS RENEWABLE FUELS FROM ALGAL BIOMASS. WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?. WHAT TO GROW? HOW TO GROW? HOW TO HARVEST? HOW TO PROCESS?.

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USING ALGAE TO CAPTURE CARBON

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  1. USING ALGAE TO CAPTURE CARBON H. LYNN WALKER LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 5, 2009

  2. ENERGY APPLICATIONS REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS RENEWABLE FUELS FROM ALGAL BIOMASS

  3. WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? • WHAT TO GROW? • HOW TO GROW? • HOW TO HARVEST? • HOW TO PROCESS?

  4. POTENTIAL YIELDS PER ACRE • CORN: 300 GAL. ETHANOL • SOYBEAN: 60 GAL. BIODIESEL • RAPESEED: 100 GAL. BIODIESEL • ALGAE: 5,000 GAL. BIOFUEL National Geographic, 2007 New Scientist, 2007

  5. Source: Wall Street Journal 10/19/2009

  6. BIOMASS CONVERSION COMPLEX COMPOUNDS CELLULAR COMPONENTS LIPIDS (OILS) SIMPLE SUGARS EXTRACTION (PROCESSING) FERMENTATION (YEAST) BIODIESEL ETHANOL

  7. PROJECT OVERVIEW USE MICROBES TO: HARVEST ALGAL BIOMASS RELEASE CELL CONTENTS

  8. PATENT PROTECTION FOUR PATENTS PATENT APPLICATION

  9. RESEARCH PROGRESS USE OF MICROBES TO HARVEST ALGAL BIOMASS

  10. RESEARCH PROGRESS USE OF MICROBES TO RELEASE CELL CONTENTS

  11. BACTERIUM SG-3

  12. Lysis of Oscillatoria sp. (ATCC 29205)

  13. Lysis of Oscillatoria sp. (ATCC 29205)

  14. ANABAENA SP. (ATCC 27898) TREATED CONTROL

  15. UNTREATED TREATED

  16. BENEFITS EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE PATENT PROTECTION

  17. PLANS FOR 2009-10 DEVELOP A MODEL SYSTEM GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT

  18. SUMMARY USE OF MICROBES TO IMPROVE HARVESTING EFFICIENCY REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS RENEWABLE FUELS

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