I’m an engineer. I’ve built a system to try and start fixing this, but no one likes the numbers…
https://youtube.com/@narcimalgae
40 gallons a person minimum.
Water holds 8 times the gasous CO2 as the atmosphere it is exposed to. (Oxygen is 1:1)
Algae pulls the CO2 out of the water and converts it to solid biomass. Oxygen is offgassed. This is grade school photosynthesis.
1 lb dry algae is 4lbs gasous CO2 sequestered.
Don’t be a dunce and convert it right back to biofuel or you’ve wasted a lot of time and energy.
I want to try converting my stock to algenic acid. Really any process that doesn’t result in burning it and putting the carbon back in the atmosphere. I personally don’t grow in a clean enough environment for food-algae, and recommend anyone wanting to grow algae for food to grow regional vegetables instead.
I’m an engineer. I’ve built a system to try and start fixing this, but no one likes the numbers… https://youtube.com/@narcimalgae
40 gallons a person minimum. Water holds 8 times the gasous CO2 as the atmosphere it is exposed to. (Oxygen is 1:1) Algae pulls the CO2 out of the water and converts it to solid biomass. Oxygen is offgassed. This is grade school photosynthesis. 1 lb dry algae is 4lbs gasous CO2 sequestered. Don’t be a dunce and convert it right back to biofuel or you’ve wasted a lot of time and energy.
I’ll check your videos out later, I’m just on break.
I’m sure your videos cover it, but what would you suggest to do with the biomass?
I want to try converting my stock to algenic acid. Really any process that doesn’t result in burning it and putting the carbon back in the atmosphere. I personally don’t grow in a clean enough environment for food-algae, and recommend anyone wanting to grow algae for food to grow regional vegetables instead.
That’s really interesting; I’ll do some reading about that when I’m home. Thanks for the reply!
Yes yes, but what is the profit margin here?