Algae and Biofuels

We have worked on algae to biomass and oil conversation using CO₂ and we have also developed our in-house micronutrient facility needed for algae growing.

It has widely studied that biomass produces by plants can be a good alternative but the major and most important issue is that we need land to grow the food which feeds the stomach of peoples, we can't grow the energy crop on these lands. This is an important political and social issue in front of scientific community.

These tiny organisms do not require big lands or farmhouses, they can be grow in open ponds, plastic bags, glass vessels or bioreactors. The oil extracted by these microalgae proven to be utilizes to ignite the engines of road vehicles and jets. There are thousands of species belongs to microalgae out of 300 have reported to produce enough quantity of hydrocarbons contents for forming the fuel.

Microalgae have use as a renewable biomass source for the production of a diesel fuel substitute (biodiesel) and for electricity generation. Burning of fossil fuels in power plants is a primary contributor to excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which has been linked to global climatic change. Release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere can be significantly reduced by operation of microalgae fuel farms in tandem with fossil fuel plants to scrub CO₂ from flue gases. If the microalgae are used to produce fuel, a mass culture facility reduces the CO₂ emission from the power plant by approximately 50%.

Our Concern - Pollution Free Environment

With concern over global warming, new methods for the thorough and efficient capture of CO₂ are being sought out. The carbon dioxide that a carbon-fuel burning plant produces can feed into open or closed algae systems, fixing the CO₂ and accelerating algae growth. Untreated sewage,

• Can supply additional nutrients, thus turning two pollutants into valuable commodities
• -40-50% carbon dioxide capture
• Companies capture both CO₂, NO_x and SO_x
• Algae are successfully cultivated in sub-freezing temperatures by using the waste heat generated from coal plants
• Additional revenues

Goal Attainment

• For supply of water contract with GEB will be entered subject to supply as and when required as this water is from their ETP i.e. brackish water
• For supply of polluted flue gas of lignite fired power boiler contract with GEB will be entered subject to supply as and when required as this flue gas content high SO_x along with CO₂ and NO_x which is feed to algae grow
• The dry algae will be sale directly to the oil producing companies or can further be used by the proponent company for oil manufacturing
• The oil content is approximately 35% and the residual is used in cattle feed

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