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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Aquaflow makes crucial algae biofuel breakthroughs
Aquaflow makes crucial algae biofuel breakthroughs
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Two further major breakthroughs have been achieved by Blenheim-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation which has been working on world-leading technology to convert wild algae to biofuel.
“We have now achieved commercial scale continuous harvesting of tonnes of wild algae at the Marlborough oxidation ponds so we can take the step up to commercial scale production of biocrude,” says Aquaflow chairman, Barrie Leay.
“We have also commissioned our newly built proprietary biorefinery and made our first machine run. We expect to make further announcements in that regard in the next few months. These are major steps forward for us and we expect to be able to produce commercial quantities of biocrude within the next few months,” he explains.
These breakthroughs follow the world-first proof of concept biodiesel, produced from algae, and demonstrated by Aquaflow when the Minister of Energy; Hon. David Parker, drove an unmodified standard Land Rover along the Wellington Motorway in December 2006, powered by Aquaflow biodiesel.
“An extraordinarily beneficial by-product of the Aquaflow process is potentially releasing a clean water resource of millions of litres of clean water - to be recycled and available for use in irrigation, industrial washing, cooling, and so on.”
Aquaflow’s technology has already been licensed for much of Asia, through Aquaflow’s 20% cornerstone shareholder PurePowerAsia.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Aquaflow makes crucial algae biofuel breakthroughs
A lot of advantages in using wild algae instead of selected strains. However the big disadvantage is yield. Typical fat content in wild algae 5% to 10% (as oppose to 50% to 70% for bio-fuel algae). That means a lot of fertilizer and processing for not much oil.
Perhaps there's possibilities in conjunction with a sewage treatment plant, but not as they've proposed it here. _________________ Angry yet?
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Aquaflow makes crucial algae biofuel breakthroughs
I would not be surprised, if after abandoning the whole enterprise of mass automobility that some of this biofuel technology gets diverted to mass producing calorie rich edible oils for an oversized starving humanity. Sort of a last step before the soylent green factories. _________________ The knowledge to survive post peak will not come from our laboratories. It will come from our museums.
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