Wednesday 11 January 2012

Biodiesel being produced from microalgae oil

With the diminishing stocks of fossils and their combustion causing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to increase, the demand and need for alternatives is on the rise. In Germany they are producing biodiesel from microalgae oils. A research team from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have now introduced a new catalytic process that allows the effective conversion of bio-petroleum from microalgae into diesel fuels.

Plant oils from sources such as soybean and rapeseed are promising starting materials for the production of biofuels. Microalgae are an interesting alternative to these conventional oil-containing crops. Microalgae are individual cells or short chains of cells from algae freely moving through water. Read more ...
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