Algae Oil Extraction Using High-Intensity Ultrasound

[foresakenlion]

Ultrasound is not to be messed with, in water it can make a water spike capable of burrowing through objects, almost put a hole in my finger with a single small transducer, DO NOT LET THE VORTEX AIM AT YOU

[Robots4Sale]

should you use algae press or audio?

[enticed2zeitgeist]

How do I make one of these? Is the one we saw in the video really 5Kw? How long did it have to run to separate that much oil?

[datzfast]

i see a tremendous amount of energy used in this step, i bet if i sonnicate spinach i could get an oily layer to form.

[tappakeggaday1]

wouldnt the thermal de-polymerization have worked better for something like this on a large scale?they are doing it with trash and plastics why not with algae?

[datzfast]

too bad you cant lyse the algae with a virus then digest it with a lipase then separate the oil with floatation oh wait you probably can.

[phantomcreamer]

@datzfast I would assume that the virus might decrease the quantity of the lipids, since that's what viruses do: they take over the cell machinery.

[syntheticbliss68]

@datzfast i don't think plant cell walls let lysis occur.

[datzfast]

@syntheticbliss 68 the internet is crawling with articles about viral lysis of algae. i bet you wrote one and just like to tease.

[datzfast]

4 thousand watts for a tablespoon of oil

why not team up with the guy that heats water with the water hammer , you know cavitation heating dude. may be a cheaper solution , pardon the pun

[ticklemegangrene]

@datzfast

I believe the machines rating of 4KW means that in one hour of usage the ultrasound device uses 4KW (4000 watts) - at least that's how I understood light bulbs worked (ex. a 100 watt bulb uses 100 watt hours in one hour).

Assuming he used it for 2 minutes to do that then he would have used 133 watt hours.

However, I don't think that's the right way to do it because I recall that you should actually use joules (which may be better to compare with heating the solution like you said).

[gamohunter]

@ticklemegangrene That's not correct either, remember ultrasonic, meaning sound, which means he is using a 4KW rating of soundwaves. Think a 4000watt power amplifier. Using the barbell however amplifies the smaller signal by vibrations, since we don't know the actual frequency... the higher the frequency the less power needed. So 4000watts at 4000Mhz frequence is different than 4000watts at 60hz (regular US Power) in consumption of input power.

[SunDragMeHere]

@datzfast so where did you get your Electrical Engineering degree? its 4000 watts / hour.. The average cost of electricity is .09 to .14 cents per 1000 watts an hour. So yea..you should probably learn more before making ill-informed comments. We need information in this world, not MISinformation. If we want misinformation, we can just watch fox.

[datzfast]

@SunDragMeHere sorry dude my electric bill is 14 cents not .14 cents a kilowatt hour. you must be too young to pay a bill,or mabey you rent all bills paid? or maby your a libtard with an agenda and will cheat if you have too.LOL funny bastard.

[SunDragMeHere]

@datzfast yea, I meant 14 cents. Thanks, most people think I am pretty funny :)

[Robots4Sale]

@SunDragMeHere if you only watch nbc and cnn then u are sheeple