Biodiesel From Algae

go to www.google.com

type in these words in the search window, both words at once.

biodiesel +algae

and click search.

read as many of those as you the patience to read.

As you read = you learn

You will find 355,000 sites that mention it.

You might want to check out Jatropha seeds as an alternative. It is easy to grow and is becoming very popular.

Good luck

Hi Ron,

Jatropha is for dryland and question placed is for algae which is meant for wet land.

I think here one can find some kind algae for wet land based bio-fuel. I think it is a great idea for backwater economy where crocodiles and anaconda live together. In India, algae is used as fertilizer and is very effective. It is fast growing, environmental friendly and highly productive. I will give several plus points for this technology. It can be tried in small water storage in your kitchen garden along with water storage.

http://www.algaefuels.org/

(picture below is from http://www.algaefuels.org/ with thanks.)

Thank you for your repply. Can you provide more details about your investigations? In regard with the type of algae I´m just learning different types, growing media and performances. Maybe the dryland alternative could be useful for a part of our country. I mentioned the alternative of raising algaes in artificial ponds, specifically the ponds for water treatment. I really am not sure but I think that this kind of algae "eats" the waste like other plants. I will apreciate if you can provide to me more information about investigations and projects developed in your country. I know that you have long time investigating energy alternatives. Thanks again, I will follow your recomendation.

i can provide you all the detail regarding biodiesel from algai please reply me on

pundir3ajay@gmail.com

In Guanacaste there are very dry soils during around 8 months per year. Where I can find Jatropha seeds for testing? What is the performance of this algae for biodiesel use? Can you provide more details about this algae? Thanks in advance.

Jatropha is a bush or tree. I offered it as an alternative. Seeds are available online. Just do a search online. The oil can be extracted easily. The plants produce for 30 years. There may be some toxicity problems, and storage of the oil has special requirements.

Recently I used mentioned engine and found interested sites but for algaes there are not to many. The most interested is from the University of New Hampshire. Thank you for your repply.

I have read this NREL study on biodiesel from algae and found it to be comprehensive. As of the study publication date, they determined that building the pond, even an open lagoon with a mixed algal culture, is more expensive than the biodiesel is worth. A shame, though, that the program was ended just as biotechnology techniques were taking off. Some firms, like GreenFuel Technologies Corp. are dealing with the economics by developing algal systems that make biodiesel as a co-product.

Thank you for your opinion. I will check the mentioned web sites.