Algae Fuel

The green fuel for greener tomorrow

By SHAIKH SIRAJ MD ASKER Class: XI, Science (E/M)

College Code: 1028

What is Algae fuel?

Is

a process of using sun energy. fuel, oilgae, algaeoleum or thirdgeneration bio-fuel from algae

Algal

Bio-fuel

Vegetable

oil, bio-diesel, bio-ethanol, bio-gasoline, bio-methanol, bio-butanol

Algae Fuel Production

Why algae fuel than other biofuel?

High

yield

1. 2.

Higher than any other bio-fuel High yield range((4,700140,000 m3/km2)

Carbon

emission
1.
2.

No CO2 emission Where as other bio-fuel cause CO2 emission

Though costly but biproduct is very consumable

Cost

effective
1.

Comparative Study of different bio-fuel production

Why algae fuel than fossil fuel? Topic Fossil fuel

CO2 Emits

emission

CO2

Availabilit

Limited

y
Nature N/A Much Toxic Toxicity Bio N/A

Algae fuel Also emits CO2 but recyclable Can be produced

Yes Less,

friendly Pollution

but recoverable Not toxic

Two Success Stories

GreenFuel Technologies in Cambridge, MA is field testing a closed system that uses the CO2 in power plant fuel gases (13% of fuel gases in the test) to feed algae. Significantly reduced the CO2 concentration in the exhaust by 82.3% on sunny days and by 50.1% on cloudy days During the beta-test at the Cogeneration Plant at MIT. The process also removed 85.9% of nitrogen oxides. They estimates the cost of a fullscale system installation to be 20% to 40% less than that of a comparable SCR system (pollutant scrubbers).

Glen Kertz, president and CEO of Valcent Products, told CNN By going vertical, you can get a lot more surface area to expose cells to the sunlight. It keeps the algae hanging in the sunlight just long enough to pick up the solar energy they need to produce, to go through photosynthesis He can produce about 100,000 gallons (94,000 m3/km2) of algae oil a year per acre, compared to about 30 gallons per acre from

Process of Alga culture

Mainly 3 process
Photo

Bioreactors Loop System

Closed Open

pond

Photo Bioreactor Process

Closed Loop System

Open Pond

Benefits of Alga culture

15-300

times more than other Grows in 1-10 days Uses sunlight, CO2 and other nutrients Up to 99% of CO2 in soln can be converted No pressure on food crops No pressure on land Can be cultivated in unusable water

Potential of Algae Fuel

Multipurpose Fuel Transport Energy Jet Fuel Algae Fuel Car

How Algae fuel can help Bangladesh?

Present Condition Of Energy

Present consumption 16.6 million ton Dhaka with most pollution Huge import Government losses Not adequate supply Affecting economy Demand increasing

How Algae fuel can help

us?

Self-sufficiency No import Reduce environmental pollution Maintain balance in supply Rising economy Rising food production Reducing unemployment

A Rough Estimate 6% of area of Dhaka is under road Let , has average width 30 m If we use 1m on average on each side for algae then total area comes under cultivation is 1.216x106 m2. If we use loop system then we can grow 1.136M ton of fuel. If we do this in all the cities and towns around Bangladesh we will be almost able to meet our fuel demand

Reduce carbon Balancing Nature Fuel security Stability in supply Improve climate Better economy Peace