One of the things that I really liked about this video, is the concept of "Closed Loop". So often, people reach a desired product production, then they simply stop. In this case, they maintain as much as possible with as little loss as they can. Then they get the oils that they want from the Algea (which appears to come with the destruction of the organizm). But instead of simply dumping the used algea... they have come up with additional uses and revenue streams as well.
One thing that they could do, in addition to using the remnants of the algea as he said, they could either use it as a supplement to animal feed (like pelleted hay)... it could also be used as feedstock in an Anerobic Digester which yeilds "Natural Gas" (methane, CH4) which is used heavily in the production of Hydrogen.
So it seems that Algea can provide us with oils and biofuels as well as a secondary use in the production fo Hydrogen.
FlashBang!Statistics: Posted by FlashBang — Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:25 am
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