Introduction to Bio-oil production with Algae
What is Bio-Oil?
1. Introduction to Bio-Oil and Algae strains
Bio-Oil is an organic fuel that contains energy that is made from natural living organisms. They are produced from lipids which are merged with other ingredients which chemically produces Bio-Oil.
Fossil fuels are generally easier to harness but it is produces a lot of carbon emission which is greatly detrimental to the health of the environment. Thus, the idea of Bio-fuel is introduced as an alternative to Fossil Fuels. Furthermore, micro-algae produces nearly 2362.20% of what Palm Oil can produce in a year commercially (635 gallons), which was previous more used source of Bio-Oil.
[Hodge, 2014]
Algae do not take up as much space as crops and grown on 2 Arce would produce 30000 Oil Yield compared to 236.22 Acre of RapeSeed which produces the same amount of Oil Yield. However, there are at least 300,000 different strains of Algae which can cause a difference production of Bio-Oil. Thus, we have to segregate the optimal ones from the inferior ones.
First of all, algae requires light, water temperatures, nitrates, fertilizers, carbon dioxide and oxygen in order to grow.
The growth of these cells require light supply which is much more important compared to the other factors as the autotrophic cultivation of algae is heavily dependent on light.
Meanwhile, Nitrate and fertilizers (phosphates) enable cells to produce amino acids which is further used to strengthen
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The article explains how biofuels isn’t something that is just discovered, hence, the algae biofuel has been put in a place of fossil fuel today. There have be a lot of companies as well as government agencies that are finding several ways in reducing the cost of producing algae biofuel to make profit from the source of fuel.
When oxygen and nitrogen combine in water, it forms nitrate, which is an essential chemical for eukaryotic algae; however, cyanobacteria do not need nitrate for their survival, contrary, they use elemental nitrogen. This way, even after the evolution of true algae, even though in fewer quantity, cyanobacteria remained widespread, and oxygen was accumulated.
Anything containing oil has been an increasing problem to the environment and to people. The toxicants that the oil produce harms people with their health. In the film Fuel, the director Josh Tickell talks about how crops can produce fuel, which produces cleaner air and is safer for the public. There are also other ways that Biofuel could be produced, such as adding human waste onto algae. The way that society utilizes oil is hurting the world, which in fact is affecting the human population and environment, but people only realize it until it is too late. With biofuel people would not be in danger and it could be produced without struggling to find oil.
Two adaptation that are necessary for photosynthetic algae to make the transition from aquatic to terrestrial habitats is that they always need to have moisture, so they will not dry out. Desiccation will cause the terrestrial algae to die out. Another adaptation is that they need a different way to acquire nutrients. Now, they are terrestrial algae, they need a new food source that provides the same nutrients that they acquired from their aquatic habitat.
Nowadays, biofuels have become essential for future economic development and environmental protection. Primarily, their environment-friendliness and low carbon emissions are emphasized as the main advantages. However, in reality, few investigations were made to find out the disadvantages of such renewable alternative, and it may bring much more negative impacts than its advantages.
Along with thin blades, algae have anchors they can use to fixate position in case of obtaining the environment the most advantageous to survival. Brown pigmentation due to fucoxanthin maximizes the photosynthesis efficiency. Flagellate spores serve the reproduction process. Their cell walls are made of cellulose as well along with several other polysaccharides including algin. Some brown algae have special sieve cells that can transport sugars from the top of the plant to the
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–Algae can have high bio-fuel yield: algae can store energy in the form of oils and carbohydrates, which, combined with their high productivity, also can grow quickly at a large scale and can generate up to 50 times more the amount of oil per acre than row crops, like corn and soybeans, which produce vegetable oil.
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If your aquarium is situated in a location that receives too much natural light, this may also be a problem. Natural sunlight sits within the red spectrum and differs greatly from artificial saltwater aquarium lighting. if your aquarium receives too much natural light than this may be resulting in abnormal levels of algae. It is highly important that you factor this in when choosing the location for your saltwater aquarium as moving a full tank is almost impossible.
7. Know defining characteristics of algae. aquatic, photosynthetic (i.e., chloroplast-containing), Algae can be multicellular or unicellular.
Even hydrocarbons are on the verge of being biologically engineered by manipulating one of the oldest living organisms on the planet, algae. Using only photosynthesis as a source of power, this discovery would revolutionize the oil and gas industry, making it safer and cleaner for the environment.
Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the algal biofuel value chain stages, starting with the selection of microalgae species depending on local specific conditions, and the design and implementation of cultivation system for microalgae growth. Then, it follows the biomass harvesting, processing and oil extraction to supply the biodiesel production unit.