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ORIGIN OIL ALGAL OIL EXTRACTION
http://www.originoil.com/technology/overview.html
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Next Generation Technologies
Unlike many current approaches to algae oil cultivation, OriginOil is employing several next-generation technologies to greatly enhance algae cultivation and oil extraction, and to allow scalable industrialization of this process to make algae a high-yield, cost-competitive replacement for petroleum.
Challenges
There are three primary challenges in cultivating algae for oil:
1. Algae growth is dependent on a calm fluid environment; it does not like agitation. One of the primary challenges is how to optimally introduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrients needed by the growing algae culture without disrupting or over-aerating it. I have not read any scientific paperS which suggest this. However, I have read many papers which us sparging (air driven turbulence to move cells to the surface so they can get light.)
2. Algae requires light as a source of energy to fuel its growth and oil production facilities. Algae cultivation systems need to cost-effectively and evenly distribute light within the algae culture. Not entirely true. Algae are diurnal, and need 12 hours without light to rest, divide and get some Krebs Cycles completed.
3. Algae organisms are protected by a tough cell wall. True. That wall must be cracked - an energy-expensive process - to extract the oil. Historically true. The challenge is to maximize oil yield by cracking as many of the algae cells as possible with the smallest amount of energy. True; this is the process for the MW Cell Bomb Tunnel. However, if we incorporate the Solar Furnace CHP System, we need not be too picky about the amount of electric energy used.
Patent-Pending Technology
OriginOil's suite of patent-pending technologies and process innovations intends to address these specific challenges. Note that in the video, [ http://www.originoil.com/ ] the top layer of “oil” also had a lot of algae and crude mixed in with the oil. By using fractional distillation, we get very close to USP 99.9 percent purity – food and phara grade.
http://www.originoil.com/technology/overview.html
[JEM[JEM comments in blue.]blue.]
Next Generation Technologies
Unlike many current approaches to algae oil cultivation, OriginOil is employing several next-generation technologies to greatly enhance algae cultivation and oil extraction, and to allow scalable industrialization of this process to make algae a high-yield, cost-competitive replacement for petroleum.
Challenges
There are three primary challenges in cultivating algae for oil:
1. Algae growth is dependent on a calm fluid environment; it does not like agitation. One of the primary challenges is how to optimally introduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrients needed by the growing algae culture without disrupting or over-aerating it. I have not read any scientific paperS which suggest this. However, I have read many papers which us sparging (air driven turbulence to move cells to the surface so they can get light.)
2. Algae requires light as a source of energy to fuel its growth and oil production facilities. Algae cultivation systems need to cost-effectively and evenly distribute light within the algae culture. Not entirely true. Algae are diurnal, and need 12 hours without light to rest, divide and get some Krebs Cycles completed.
3. Algae organisms are protected by a tough cell wall. True. That wall must be cracked - an energy-expensive process - to extract the oil. Historically true. The challenge is to maximize oil yield by cracking as many of the algae cells as possible with the smallest amount of energy. True; this is the process for the MW Cell Bomb Tunnel. However, if we incorporate the Solar Furnace CHP System, we need not be too picky about the amount of electric energy used.
Patent-Pending Technology
OriginOil's suite of patent-pending technologies and process innovations intends to address these specific challenges. Note that in the video, [ http://www.originoil.com/ ] the top layer of “oil” also had a lot of algae and crude mixed in with the oil. By using fractional distillation, we get very close to USP 99.9 percent purity – food and phara grade.
