CICan Energy Symposium - Medicine Hat November 2015
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Advancing sustainable production of microalgal biofuels
Abigail Adebusuyi, PhD
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Outline
Alternative energy Why microalgae biofuels Challenges to sustainable production of microalgal
biofuels Pollutants-to-Products microalgae research
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Alternative energy
Non-fossil energy sources that have no negative effect on the environment
Mostly renewable
www.e-education.psu.edu
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Biofuels
Fuel obtained directly or indirectly from biological processes
Renewable if from plants or microalgae biomass obtained using natural resources e.g. sunlight Additional benefit of carbon
capturebeaconenergynews.ca
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Why microalgae biofuels?
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www.bioenergyconsult.com
Sun
(N, P, K)
CO2 source
precisionphysique.com www.superorganicfoods.com
BiofuelsBiodieselEthanolGasolineKerosene
Other products
O2
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Challenges to sustainable production of microalgal biofuels
No one has been able to produce enough microalgae biomass using sunlight at low-cost Inefficient sunlight energy conversion Low productivity High capital cost
Cost of biofuels is high Estimated biodiesel cost is $1.6 - >$75/L
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Pollutants-to-Products (P2P) Microalgae project
Development of innovative technologies to increase microalgae biomass productivity at low-cost
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P2P’s Sun-tracking Photo-bioreactor (PBR)
Patent-pending technology “Active Spatial Sunlight DilutionTM” (PCT/CA2014/050450)
Increased sunlight utilization efficiency
Increased biomass productivity P2P’s Algi-ALPHA PBR
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Nutrient medium formulation
P2P’s Nutrient media
Common C. vulgaris nutrient media
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Current work Development of a pilot-scale
PBR based on P2P’s patent-pending technology
Water and nutrient recycling Efficient microalgae harvester Open to collaborations and
new partnerships to commercialize P2P’s technologies
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SummarySun
Optimized nutrient
CO2 source
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BiofuelsBiodieselEthanolGasolineKerosene
Other productsAnimal feedsHealth supplementsCosmeticsPharmaceuticalsRecycle
nutrients & water
O2
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Acknowledgements