The vegetable oil extracted from algae can be converted into biodiesel, which can be used almost as fuel for all diesel engines. Many countries in the world are looking for clean fuel. Algae is a type of organism that grows with sunlight and water and converts it into fuel oil. Scientists began to initiate the plan of transforming fuel oil with algae. The vegetable oil extracted from algae can be converted into biodiesel, which can be used almost as fuel for all diesel engines. U Bolt Hebei Qianmu Fastener Manufacturing Co., Ltd , https://www.qmjgjfasteners.com
The turbulent aftermath caused by the large-scale outbreak of cyanobacteria in the Taihu Lake area in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province remains. People are worried about the serious pollution of drinking water, and they are also thinking about the treatment and utilization of blue algae, a low-level aquatic organism. Recently, the technology of using algae as a fuel introduced by the US “Popular Science†magazine may be a good recipe for the transformation of blue algae in Taihu Lake into a treasure.
In Collinsburg, Colorado, two parallel tracks about 60 feet long are like two skateboards for a large ski. At one end is a cabinet sized with a washing machine. No machine is running, no object is heating, and there is no sound. The new alternative energy - algae is getting attention.
Algae have significant advantages over other crops that can be pressed, such as rapeseed and soybeans. It can be planted in almost all enclosed areas. It breeds quickly and requires little nutrients - mainly sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. Sears, the project leader, said: "Because the surface area and volume ratio of algae is large, it can absorb nutrients very quickly."
The data proves that the United States needs about 140 billion gallons of biodiesel per year to replace all transportation fuels refined with petroleum. Producing so much biodiesel from soybeans requires almost 3 billion acres of fertile land, and rapeseed production requires more than 1 billion acres. However, the entire United States has only 434 million acres of arable land. Since algae have the ability to reproduce at a very small place like a virus, using it to produce an equivalent amount of biodiesel requires only 95 million acres of land. In addition, algae do not need to breed on fertile land.
Sears declared that these characteristics of algae enabled the company he founded to use algae to produce biodiesel at the cost of producing gasoline.
Algae is the collective name for algae that grows in water. Cyanobacteria containing toxins are a common species of algae. Professor Cao Chunhui from the School of Marine Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, told the "International Herald Tribune": "Algae have many functions, but China still has the most use of it for health foods and medicinal purposes, like those in blue algae. Toxins can be extracted and used as an anaesthetic agent. Of course, the conversion of algae into fuel oil is also a way to use it, but at present, there is a certain gap between domestic technology level and foreign countries, and the cost is too high at this stage, and it is unlikely that large-scale implementation will be implemented. ."
Taihu Lake Cyanobacteria can be converted into fuel oil