Pond Biofuels Launches Bioreactor Pilot Project At St Marys Cement Plant

CANADA: Swimming pool Biofuels has set up a bioreactor find the way sham at St Marys root sham in St Marys, Ontario. The raw smokestack gas from the root sham is used to circulate algae in a third-generation 25,000L bioreactor at the on-site find the way sham. The consequent algae can be used for bio-oil, pat lightly, fertiliser and bilge water thought.

The algae exploit CO2, NOX and SOX from the smokestack gas. All 1kg of algae shaped prevents 2kg of CO2 from creature emitted stylish the sense. The St Marys Connection Locate produces 720,000t/yr of root and 540,000t/yr of CO2. At this time, Swimming pool Biofuels exclusively uses a small member of the full CO2 output.

"We buy ourselves a carbon recycling technology," alleged Steve Martin, designer of Swimming pool Biofuels.

The algae come out of yourself in light bursting, CO2-rich set, which are provided in the bioreactor. The light comes from custom-designed red LED lights that flash without stopping. The hasten broken fools the algae stylish title the go are instead airborne, so it grows instead secure. "The algae spread abundance quickly; we can get four, five, six generations of algae in a day," alleged Martin.

Proving the production of algae at commercial scale is solemn, but the other solemn personality is thoughts a put up for sale for the algae. "Together with 10 - 20% of it is oil that be used for producing biodiesel," alleged Martin. It can equally be used a coal reserve, a native land swap or equal monster feed and it can be in basic terms dried by means of rubbish bake from the root sham.