New economic method to produce biodiesel from Algae
Scientists lead by Ben Wen, Ph.D., vice president of United Environment and Energy LLC, Horseheads, N.Y has devised a much economical method for producing Bio diesel from Algae oil. This eco friendly method is considered to be 40 percent cheaper than that of others now being used and can be real boon for many nations as Supply of algae will not be a problem (limitless amount of algae growing in oceans, lakes, and rivers, throughout the world) .
“It costs much less than conventional processes because you would need a much smaller factory, there are no water disposal costs, and the process is considerably faster.”–Ben Wen
Caption: This is the feedstock transferring system for algae biodiesel.
There are many advantages in the latest method :
First it uses a solid catalyst ,so it can be used again and again unlike the previous methods which make use of liquid catalyst. Second advantage is that it allows the continuously flowing production of biodiesel, compared to the method using a liquid catalyst . Third and most important advantage with this method is that its rather quick and no need to need to purify the biodiesel by neutralizing the base catalyst by adding acid. According to Ben Wen algae has an “oil-per-acre production rate 100-300 times the amount of soybeans, and offers the highest yield feedstock for biodiesel and the most promising source for mass biodiesel production to replace transportation fuel in the United States. The firm of Ben wen is firm is now conducting a pilot program for the process with a production capacity of nearly 1 million gallons of algae biodiesel per year.
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United Environment & Energy LLC
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i use Biodiesel on my car. i think everyone should use biodiesel so that each one can at least contribute to the environment.
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