Algae to Bio-Crude in Less Than 60 Minutes [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 630.7 Education, research, related topics
• Thông tin xuất bản: Richland, Wash. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.) ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 0:01:58 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 265013
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. Algae; 3. Alternative fuels; 4. Bio-crude; 5. Fuel

Tóm tắt

Engineers have created a chemical process that produces useful crude oil just minutes after engineers pour in harvested algae -- a verdant green paste with the consistency of pea soup. The PNNL team combined several chemical steps into one continuous process that starts with an algae slurry that contains as much as 80 to 90 percent water. Most current processes require the algae to be dried -- an expensive process that takes a lot of energy. The research has been licensed by Genifuel Corp.