Actually, although I doubt such a system is a viable option due to the required energy input (EROEI ratio is in the negatives), it has alternate uses, if it scrubs CO2 from the atmosphere: for example, it can be used as a CO2 scrubber for a CBR shelter, for a space habitation, or for a lunar colony. The atmosphere cycled through the scrubber would be nearly CO2 free and the oxygen released is breathable. Maybe as a closed breathing system it has promise.
while this is a fun little science project to ace your class to actually harvest algae and market it as a biofule is extremely improbable. To keep up with the high demands of our fuel needs in this country (we consume 174 million gallons of gas a day) you would need the ability to farm 500 football fields... or 500 millions gallons of water. If this was as easy as you are saying it is... it would have been done a long time ago.
@TheMonkeyboy768 Another nay-sayer. They said that to the Wright brothers...but they flew anyway. They guy in the vid didn't say it was easy. Use saltwater algae since the earth is 75% covered in salt water.....that solves the land and water issues right off the bat.
@kdc43 Im not saying give up. Im say you need to find a realistic way to make it happen. Can you estimate the cost of harvesting algae for commercial use? Flying is one thing. How are you going to harvest a BILLION tons of algae A DAY?! (your only gonna get a 40%-50% oil yeild from the algae.) Do you know what a billion is? Hmmm. What do I know? Im just a silly nay-sayer.
@Ildar2018 With a Tube Sock? Like The Chili Peppers? They socked their dicks. Got all nekkid and ran out on stage with socks on their dicks. Shoulda seeeen it man. I laughed so hard I nearly socked my own dick.
Problem: the amount of energy used to pump CO2 into the bottles is far greater than the energy provided by the algae (efficiency way too low). Since the energy is most likely provided by coal, oil, or gas burning power plants, the carbon footprint of the pump far outstrips the carbon consumed by the plants. You have to find a way to get the CO2 to the plants with a system that uses either solar panels or that doesn't use electricity.
Hope you do not feel discouraged by all the negative comments. Too many of us are hooked on oil. Time to work on renewable sources of energy. Solar, wind, wave etc. etc. Too many US citizens think that losing control of oil will be harmful to the USA. Yes, the renewable means of energy generation too can be controlled the same as oil has been.
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Using Algae require constant air pump. Did you do any calculation on the electric power /energy needed to generate 1 gallon of biodiesel ? What it the ROI ?
Corn (ethanol) gives a return of 1 to 1, it takes 1 barrel of oil worth of energy (equivalent), to produce 1 barrel of oil worth of energy (equivalent). Obvious it is not a viable option, my guess is, this is even less. Do you have any projected numbers? Thanks.
great that c02 pump sounds like it using more energy than than those bottles of algae can produce alone,it sounds like a dmn Cessna taking off never mind running a centrifuge too , though maybe you could run one kinda cheaply if you make it from an old computer hdd
@Raideraod2000 if u think Hemp Oil production is even 1/100th as land and energy efficient as Algae Oil, then u r about as clueless as any post-Flores era Raider's coach
Its called hemp oil and its carbon nutrual already and can also produce countless other things besides oild. It also doesn't smell like roting ass from the algea. Thank you and good bye.
@Raideraod2000 No, if you burn hemp oil, it is not carbon neutral. Who cares what it smells like? Propane and natural gas (added chem) smells ten times worse than algae, gas makes me sick to my stomach when I smell it. Who cares what it smells like if it works. Good bye.
@cjg0815 Once the oil is gone and gas is unavailable or prohibitively expensive you won't have any choice but to use alternate fuels.
Oil used to be 1 for 100. It would take 1 barrel of oil worth of energy to get 100 barrels of oil out of the ground, we are now (as of 2011) at 1 for 17. Oil is getting close to being a non viable fuel source, within our life time. Alternatives need to be found, so unless you have any ideas, just stick to what you know, consumption.
At first it seemed cool, then he showed those sandals wtf? if your gonna be hardcore on going green then takes your clothes off and strap on a garbage bag, or a potato sack, for the more rugged enviromentalist. And then I realised it wasnt a bioreactor at all when he used power to make..most likely less power.
Cool sandal dude. By the way, can I know what did you use to pump the carbon dioxide? and for your information, I am still 16 years old and I cannot afford any machine in this age. So I want to know, can I breed algae without using the carbon dioxide machine?
I saw those bottle sandals was invented by some poor people in africa where they wear that (on picture over the internet), is a good way of recycle if you your guys think about it.. ain't this video is about go green, bio fuel and safe the planet? so he doing good.. good job dude!
@cromartie800 All of his bottle could be run on little aquarium pumps powerd by a little solar panel. Gentle stirring does help the alge grow faster. But that big honking carbon producing compressor kind of defeats the purpose.
@Robbob9933 Ok so you run a solar or wind powered feed into it, you wouldn't need much for that small of a pump. Get even more crazy and add some fish to the mix to super enrich the water and you can double the yield lol.
1) you don't need extra CO2, the most important is water +light. put a big tank in the sun and there'll be algea (CO2 is captured in water by itself on the surface SO use an open tank !!!).
2) IF you inject extra C02, PLEASE don't use electric energy and/or never use a power source that creates CO2, like yeast (that would really be stupid)
3) because of this, you should have a big open water to create a littlebit of oil, thats why this system doesn't work.
Regardless of what myself or anyone else here says about this "keep at it"
It just seems to make more sense, like harnessing all of the good powers from a natural swamp or something. Swamps seem like the natural filters for this world. However, you don't see too many swamps on fire. So while your making something, your destroying something else. Your using the filter against itself when you burn up the final product. Right now though, the world's mindset will gladly PAY you for oil.......
we can get co2 with a fish bubble pump, the air has just 1 or 2 percent of co2 , at the time one can add co2 from tanks for the sodas machines, as well bicarbonete and caliza rock will provide inorganic co2,, if the watter used for grow up the chlorella have life in it as plants fish snail and in general water life you will get the co2 diluted in water cause the exalation of water fauna
@frederickgraff they dry it reducing its liquid contains then they use mechanical pumps to apply pressure to it squezzing oils from it because water will dry but the oil will lock into the algae because oils low release rate
@frederickgraff Centrifugal filter or press? Should be able to reduce the water content enough then you run it through a oven like how they bake bread factory style, or u can sun dry it if ur not in a hurry.
its great that people are trying and sure we'll see new tech & efficiencies, but short of fission there simply are no viable alternatives to fossil-fuels, at least not for 6.7billion people. 'demand destruction' is what we're in for.
But the algae could still be used to sequester carbon from any number of industrial processes. It's not a solution in and of itself but it has potential to clean up some dirty industries in the short term. Petroleum is not great! - the energy that goes into extracting, trucking, shipping, refining, storing, trucking, pumping and then burning in a combustion engine (which is the most inefficient kind of motor). Coal fired electricity is way more efficient than that
@DingoBabyEat For what it's worth, coal must also be mined and transported, and it burns dirtier than petrolium products. As a solid, it cannot be piped. (Ethanol and corn also can not be moved through a pipeline) Furthermore, the internal combustion engine is not the most inefficient kind of engine... if it was we would still be using (coal fired) steam power.
Part of the reason that Diesel made his engine was because nothing was on the market that was affordable to operate (efficient)
@77OM616 There are ten times more processes in refining crude oil compared with digging up coal and burning it. Coal fired power has a conversion efficiency of about 50%, compared to 25% in a combustion engine. I'm not arguing that coal isn't dirty but it's way more efficient than petroleum or diesel. And when you start adding renewables to the mix it gets cleaner again. Even based on the dirtiest coal fired plant on the planet i'ts still less energy than wasting it in a combustion engine.
growing algae is pretty simple, but the major question is energy input and ouput for extracting the algae. for most industrial production, the major fuel source is still from fossil fuels. algae fuel may not be a viable source of energy if the energy input is more than the output. petroleum is great simply because all the energy input is free from years of under the earth pressure. however
Good Lord go buy some damn shoes!! Go to Goodwill if you want to recycle. So how much does this one rack of algae produce? is the time frame dependent on exposure to sun? I have been using veggie oil for over 5 years in my truck but it would be nice to have an alternative.
Just responding to some questions I read asking about the strain. I don't know what he's using but I read up on a Canadian company that accidently developed a strain of algae that can produce 60 times more oil than what's been found up until now. The company is Ocean Nutrition Canada and the strain is called ONC T18 B. Cheers
You idiot, it would take you 10 years to make enough oil with that setup to replace the oil it took to make those bottles. This is why conservatives have so much fun with tree huggers. You think the tap water is poison so you buy little bottles of water that is filtered from some municipal tap water source and at the same time you are proliferating the addiction to Arab oil. Or do you consider this recycling? Was that a gas powered CO2 pump? Are you kidding me
This technology could sub for oil if it received the credits that big oil enjoys. It's 50x more productive than corn ethanol and can be grown in a fraction of one state to meet needs of the US.
With such lapses of logic, I would not be the one calling folks idiots. The point is algae fuel, not the incidental reuse of bottles.Obviously, a system scaled up wouldn't need to depend on post-consumer water bottles; it's just a home-made demo. You can run pumps off of wind or solar.
Hello Michael. Are you still with Stanford University and working with algae bioreactors and fuels? I am very interested in learning more about your projects and the programs at the university that focus on developing biofuels from algae. Thank you so much!
this guy was never heard from again... the government usually takes quick action when someone comes up with an idea that actually works and would threaten the billion dolor oil companies. knew a guy that built a more efficient motor that didn't use oil and was forced to sell his patten to the government along with the device and evidence that proved it existed. its scary how people with all the $ have more power than the president...
Please cite an article or reference other than, "I knew a guy". Your post gives the impression that you're a conspiracy nut and is hard to take seriously...
uhhh. uhhh. uhh.. endesicive nonconclusive???? you take the adjective & do what to it?? what type of centrifuge?? what specific gravity's??? speed??? you do what with the by products??? etc......slow down read a script . ty very good job on the reactor.
I wasn't referring to my political opponents, I was referring to those ultra elites who are all to willing to sell their souls for wealth, power, and who lust after it to hold it all together.
I respect the nature of your comment... as you are right, even those who have nothing but their souls as assets, seem all to willing to offer it up at a whim.
oil is not a fossil fuel, NASA has determined it is indeed not. oil is made deep in the earth by a process that still remains a unexplained. look at up Eugine Island, there is a shocker to oil producers but one they like.
@armadillodude2992 maybe, maybe not. there could be enough oil to last 10,000 years at present consumption rates, if more ultra deep wells are established, but by that time the human race wont be here anymore due to some technological disaster or some mad bio engineer setting lose a mega virus. but most likely God will call us home and that will be that. .
Hmmm. It seems Phoebe Buffay's brother, Frank, really did go back to school! Trouble is, he thinks carbon dioxide is bad. Worse, that sandals made out of water-bottles are good.
I (along with other commenters here) can't help but think that the resources used in this "alternative" bioreactor more than outweigh the product by a long chalk.
dude is an idiot. his algae farm will cost as much energy to process as it produces. are so many better algae farm designs EVERYWHERE on the internet. he is just some hippy green who thinks he is some genious but could not invent something practical if the world depended on it... luckily it doesn't and even if the sky were falling (which it is not) there are nongreens with the inteligence to get us off fossile fuels eventualy purely for economic reasons.
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@pbsoko probably what ever grows in the tires in his back yard (mosquito breeding grounds). he probably does not even know there are different kinds of algae.
Only a dumb old red neck would think a person should look smart to be smart. Now that is just dumb! After all the smartest people in the world are excentric and have nonstandard personalities. And I don't mean math teachers who really know math but never venture past teaching ot. My dad always said, "Some people teach and some people do"
hey man nice vid. If you wanna wear the flipflops just do it. Dont listen to this guys. I take u seriously cuz what u say makes sense. Dont let others set your fashion standards. You are yourself.
Sounds like you're using a large air compressor for this system, that makes very little sense. I would use a large multiple outlet diaphragm pump instead...
what do you expect? inteligence and understanding of the process? he is a brainwasy green, there are few inteligent greens but not many. most are lemmings who can't even mimic the smart greens well.
@cornandstuff Hello, If you live in europe you can buy it at algae-planet(dot)com. It is based in holland and sells various lipid-rich strains to enthusiasts.
Most shoes are made from petroleum products anyways , a little over kill there , but nice idea , now tell us how to make fuel from all off these water bottles with algae growing in them , and dam that was the loudest generator or you had it right next to the mic ,but I still love your enthusiasm for algae fuel , stay at it !
These bottles are PETE... what about the phthalates that are leaching into the water, esp. as it is warmed by sunlight for the algal growth? Any studies on the effects of phthalates (and other plastic chems) on the growth and metabolism of algae? You don't need any metabolic attenuation or friggen mutation going on. I'd use a non-leaching plastic like high or low density polyethylene. no polycarbonate plastic crap, no phthalate plastic crap (same goes for our food and water).
Orrr...glass. Yes, I know it's outdated as far as modern containers go, but you can at least be sure that there won't be any leeching side effects on the algae.
@Woblek ,well, if my memory don't betray me! plants consume CO2 and produce O2? hence the importance to develop a harmonius way to maintain the chemical balance of our planet! bro, we are living very exiting days! we can alter plans ,we can do so much ! I only know that, I don't know it all! but the potencial is there!
yep. Plants 'burn' O2 just like animals do. A lot of people don't know that... didn't learn it in school 'cause they focus so strongly on photosynthesis = plants. The only thing different as ye know is that plants make their own food and animals have to consume theirs. But they still do catabolism. I think the reason O2 isn't an issue is that the algae are microscopic n suspended in the water. All of the O2 they produce is dissolved in the water and used by the cells. Prob. a little O2 bubbling.
This is indeed the best solution for the energy crisis, this stuff can be produced anywhere with sunlight and it requires C02 to grow so not only does it feed our needs but could potentially slow down the greenhouse effect, though preventing it is impossible. And you can get animal feed from it along with the petrolium mix. You cant say that about oil can you?
@davedavedaveannoy1 if you take all/most of the energy out of the algae as biofuel then it has a limited value as a stockfeed. Also it would mean that fertilisers would be required to replace nutrients. I would sooner recycle the 'used' algae to feed further growth.
Is this a fresh water algae? Can you use a saltwater algae? Fresh water is more precious than salt water, which is abundant. What do you feed the algae apart from CO2? I was thinking about running sewage into the algae reactor to promote growth.
Algae mostly feeds on water and CO2 from the air. You might be able to promote some growth, but honestly all you need is sunlight and CO2. Saltwater algae is untested, so I'd say try it out and use the same conversion processes as you'd use on freshwater algae to turn it into fuel. If it works, GREAT! If not, well, you have a base to start from at least. Just remember, do this on small scale first, no matter what you try.
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just a poorly done project that he did for university. Didn't actually care about being too successful. Using plastic water bottles alone is contradictory to his display of "sustainable thinking". So half assed. This is a good example of why in the end, "degrees" deliver less quality than they promise.
Kickin sandals man.
krisofamericas 2 days ago
@pac6010 You missed my point entirely. If you want to produce oil from alge to use as a fuel, does it make sense to burn fuel in the process.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
Michael Fischer!? we need more people like u, because I think he is a good man!! how is fighting
for a better world! keep on...
Sigismuendlein 2 weeks ago
credibility lost @ 1:06
shmalphy 2 weeks ago
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why he says "plastic"...plastic is environment safer than others like paper, but it should be reused, do not use tyres, plastic to make fuels....
8000maya 3 weeks ago
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8000maya 3 weeks ago
hi, i'd be interested in...
*what type of algea and how/where you get it
*seeing the the whole growing cycle (does the algea just sit in water or do you cycle water thru it)
*the centrifuge or drying process (how dry is dry enough?)
*changing the dried algea paste into biofuel
if you have this info... send me an email!
mephistophiles55 3 weeks ago
haha what was that on his feet i'm lost now
Robots4Sale 3 weeks ago
where are you getting the co2 from is it compressed into canisters or are you pumping normal air in?
painta76 1 month ago
What type of Algae are you growing there?
SuperDrmadman 1 month ago
@SuperDrmadman the green kind
Robots4Sale 3 weeks ago
Actually, although I doubt such a system is a viable option due to the required energy input (EROEI ratio is in the negatives), it has alternate uses, if it scrubs CO2 from the atmosphere: for example, it can be used as a CO2 scrubber for a CBR shelter, for a space habitation, or for a lunar colony. The atmosphere cycled through the scrubber would be nearly CO2 free and the oxygen released is breathable. Maybe as a closed breathing system it has promise.
plbuster 1 month ago
while this is a fun little science project to ace your class to actually harvest algae and market it as a biofule is extremely improbable. To keep up with the high demands of our fuel needs in this country (we consume 174 million gallons of gas a day) you would need the ability to farm 500 football fields... or 500 millions gallons of water. If this was as easy as you are saying it is... it would have been done a long time ago.
TheMonkeyboy768 1 month ago
@TheMonkeyboy768 Another nay-sayer. They said that to the Wright brothers...but they flew anyway. They guy in the vid didn't say it was easy. Use saltwater algae since the earth is 75% covered in salt water.....that solves the land and water issues right off the bat.
kdc43 1 month ago
@kdc43 Im not saying give up. Im say you need to find a realistic way to make it happen. Can you estimate the cost of harvesting algae for commercial use? Flying is one thing. How are you going to harvest a BILLION tons of algae A DAY?! (your only gonna get a 40%-50% oil yeild from the algae.) Do you know what a billion is? Hmmm. What do I know? Im just a silly nay-sayer.
TheMonkeyboy768 1 month ago
The worst thing is, oil companies are now buying up huge areas of land to grow sugar cane for synthesising greenhouse-gas-producing diesel
bertazoid 1 month ago
@Ildar2018 With a Tube Sock? Like The Chili Peppers? They socked their dicks. Got all nekkid and ran out on stage with socks on their dicks. Shoulda seeeen it man. I laughed so hard I nearly socked my own dick.
PennaPlanum 1 month ago
Problem: the amount of energy used to pump CO2 into the bottles is far greater than the energy provided by the algae (efficiency way too low). Since the energy is most likely provided by coal, oil, or gas burning power plants, the carbon footprint of the pump far outstrips the carbon consumed by the plants. You have to find a way to get the CO2 to the plants with a system that uses either solar panels or that doesn't use electricity.
plbuster 1 month ago
@plbuster Don´t give up, but listen to this guy plbuster
SoulEXtender1 1 month ago
@SoulEXtender1 Yeah...don't listen to common sense...don't use math...don't try and improve your device so it actually does something useful...
plbuster 1 month ago
Hope you do not feel discouraged by all the negative comments. Too many of us are hooked on oil. Time to work on renewable sources of energy. Solar, wind, wave etc. etc. Too many US citizens think that losing control of oil will be harmful to the USA. Yes, the renewable means of energy generation too can be controlled the same as oil has been.
Nick50115 1 month ago
You have got to be kidding!
1Rectified 1 month ago
@d1g1t4Lhope, Its called research numb nuts! gee lets all go back and live in caves!
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MrCarcinoma 1 month ago
Using Algae require constant air pump. Did you do any calculation on the electric power /energy needed to generate 1 gallon of biodiesel ? What it the ROI ?
SunnyMoon2010 1 month ago 2
@SunnyMoon2010 I thought that algea would grow with out pumping in air.. Why cant this just be taken from the atmosphere?
1Rectified 1 month ago
@1Rectified if and only if the water is exposed to large enough air surface, and enough water movement to dissolve CO2 to help photosynthesis.
SunnyMoon2010 1 month ago
Corn (ethanol) gives a return of 1 to 1, it takes 1 barrel of oil worth of energy (equivalent), to produce 1 barrel of oil worth of energy (equivalent). Obvious it is not a viable option, my guess is, this is even less. Do you have any projected numbers? Thanks.
paintballingguy 1 month ago
great that c02 pump sounds like it using more energy than than those bottles of algae can produce alone,it sounds like a dmn Cessna taking off never mind running a centrifuge too , though maybe you could run one kinda cheaply if you make it from an old computer hdd
bulletproof2353 1 month ago
@Raideraod2000 if u think Hemp Oil production is even 1/100th as land and energy efficient as Algae Oil, then u r about as clueless as any post-Flores era Raider's coach
johndrivingforce 1 month ago
Its called hemp oil and its carbon nutrual already and can also produce countless other things besides oild. It also doesn't smell like roting ass from the algea. Thank you and good bye.
Raideraod2000 1 month ago
@Raideraod2000 No, if you burn hemp oil, it is not carbon neutral. Who cares what it smells like? Propane and natural gas (added chem) smells ten times worse than algae, gas makes me sick to my stomach when I smell it. Who cares what it smells like if it works. Good bye.
paintballingguy 1 month ago
This is what you came for 1:07
ryanmail2004 1 month ago
I'll stick with oil and real shoes...but cool story bro
cjg0815 2 months ago
@cjg0815 Once the oil is gone and gas is unavailable or prohibitively expensive you won't have any choice but to use alternate fuels.
Oil used to be 1 for 100. It would take 1 barrel of oil worth of energy to get 100 barrels of oil out of the ground, we are now (as of 2011) at 1 for 17. Oil is getting close to being a non viable fuel source, within our life time. Alternatives need to be found, so unless you have any ideas, just stick to what you know, consumption.
paintballingguy 1 month ago
Nice design!! For Algae biofuel to be popular, we can start produce algae oil and then burn it as heating fuel for home, hotel and big building.
Then, we can start to make in common for steam engines. After that, we can put them in car and jet engine.
I know that Virgin airline is testing 100% biofuel in a real Boeing 747.
What do you think about my ides?
applesweeter 2 months ago
Wow!!! In just a few months you can make enough bio fuel to run my VW diesel car for two feet.
cabritorsss 2 months ago
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billavara 2 months ago
regardless of the video content, those sandals kicked ass!!!
onetradgicstory 2 months ago
how much energy you will use for compressing air into bottles?
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davidwgair 2 months ago
At first it seemed cool, then he showed those sandals wtf? if your gonna be hardcore on going green then takes your clothes off and strap on a garbage bag, or a potato sack, for the more rugged enviromentalist. And then I realised it wasnt a bioreactor at all when he used power to make..most likely less power.
OverLordSky 2 months ago
there was no need to show your sandals...
lessedu 3 months ago
i kept waiting to the see the sandals. was not disappointed
ozymaandias 3 months ago
Cool sandal dude. By the way, can I know what did you use to pump the carbon dioxide? and for your information, I am still 16 years old and I cannot afford any machine in this age. So I want to know, can I breed algae without using the carbon dioxide machine?
wad95 3 months ago
horrible choice of footwear, like worst possible choice of all fucking time.
Flashlax19 3 months ago
Sandals dude... Really?
TheWalkingApparition 3 months ago
Love the work people, good job!~M
ShamanMahoney 3 months ago
I saw those bottle sandals was invented by some poor people in africa where they wear that (on picture over the internet), is a good way of recycle if you your guys think about it.. ain't this video is about go green, bio fuel and safe the planet? so he doing good.. good job dude!
andyteoh 3 months ago
what is wrong with the sandals ?
why people are so superficial and judge others just what they wear
krirks 3 months ago
@krirks 1) Specifically about the sandals; most probably sarcasm. 2) And those who actually mean it; because they are currently not that intelligent.
ubbecykelkedja 3 months ago
@krirks because it doesnt work and it just plain weird
AweSomo84 2 months ago
Try making that video with out showing your plastic bottle sandals and I'm sure people would take it more seriously
gzero412 4 months ago
If you every owned a pool, you'd know you don't need a co2 pump. In fact you have to spend a shit load of money keeping the algea out!!!!!!!!
cromartie800 4 months ago
@cromartie800 All of his bottle could be run on little aquarium pumps powerd by a little solar panel. Gentle stirring does help the alge grow faster. But that big honking carbon producing compressor kind of defeats the purpose.
Robbob9933 4 months ago 12
@Robbob9933 I agree
catfordj 3 weeks ago
@Robbob9933 Ok so you run a solar or wind powered feed into it, you wouldn't need much for that small of a pump. Get even more crazy and add some fish to the mix to super enrich the water and you can double the yield lol.
pac6010 1 week ago
@pac6010 You missed my point entirely. If you want to produce oil from alge to use as a fuel, does it make sense to burn fuel in the process.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
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@pac6010 You missed my point entirely. If you want to produce oil from alge to use as a fuel, does it make sense to burn fuel in the process.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
@d1g1t4Lhope I use carbon dioxide from a fuel cell generator. Look up "commercial algae oil production" and also "fuel cell algae"
davidwgair 4 months ago
Typical Hippies saving the world and looking like a dick doing it. keep up the good work we would be dead with out you.
gatekeaper80 4 months ago
5) on a big scale it works with CO2 from an outgas industrial site and A LOT of space !!!
TheBSideDJ 5 months ago
1) you don't need extra CO2, the most important is water +light. put a big tank in the sun and there'll be algea (CO2 is captured in water by itself on the surface SO use an open tank !!!).
2) IF you inject extra C02, PLEASE don't use electric energy and/or never use a power source that creates CO2, like yeast (that would really be stupid)
3) because of this, you should have a big open water to create a littlebit of oil, thats why this system doesn't work.
4) on this scale : think aquaponics
TheBSideDJ 5 months ago
W T F ,,,, MY NAMES MICHAEL FISCHER WHO IS DIS NOOOB
Mikethbeast 5 months ago
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SJOCSorg 5 months ago
You lost all credibility when you showed us your sandals.
locksmithmuggle 5 months ago 119
@locksmithmuggle that are not even sandals , that are just plastic tyraps on his feeth
AweSomo84 2 months ago
@locksmithmuggle he still didn't show you his panties
kessass83 1 month ago
@locksmithmuggle Why? In fact, I would tend to think that would gain some credibility.
paintballingguy 1 month ago
@locksmithmuggle. i'm barely watching this video... but your comment caught my eye. you've got a chuckle out of me. :) hahaha
macandflan 1 month ago
@locksmithmuggle, You just lost all credibility when you showed us how little attention you were paying
1BustedMyth 1 month ago
@1BustedMyth Nice to know the internet is always thinking about me!
locksmithmuggle 1 month ago
@locksmithmuggle, Yes the Internet truly loves you
1BustedMyth 1 month ago
@locksmithmuggle hahahahahahahaha
imawildman 3 days ago
@d1g1t4Lhope
Not to mention the petroleum products used to manufacture the bottles and the tubing.
2bornot2b1984 5 months ago
@2bornot2b1984
there are corn based plastics
Marcusismify 5 months ago
Currently, there is so little energy in your Algae experiment it wouldn't run your lips for 5 seconds.
markakroll 5 months ago 2
use a sterling engine for the pump. or solar or wind to electric pump. done.
mballsop 5 months ago
Are there engines that run off of algae oil? Just seems to me that hemp is a far better option.
InKa4484 5 months ago
@InKa4484 Algae biodiesel. See the video by 'sewing'
schoorl200 5 months ago
Regardless of what myself or anyone else here says about this "keep at it"
It just seems to make more sense, like harnessing all of the good powers from a natural swamp or something. Swamps seem like the natural filters for this world. However, you don't see too many swamps on fire. So while your making something, your destroying something else. Your using the filter against itself when you burn up the final product. Right now though, the world's mindset will gladly PAY you for oil.......
DNTB10SE 6 months ago
It's probably not producing enough energy to power the pumps.
Galfonz 6 months ago 2
@d1g1t4Lhope that didnt sound very green when he turned that thing on
Madcow800 6 months ago
we can get co2 with a fish bubble pump, the air has just 1 or 2 percent of co2 , at the time one can add co2 from tanks for the sodas machines, as well bicarbonete and caliza rock will provide inorganic co2,, if the watter used for grow up the chlorella have life in it as plants fish snail and in general water life you will get the co2 diluted in water cause the exalation of water fauna
revelisar 6 months ago
Could you not get a louder pump
carl77777 6 months ago 11
where do you get your co2?
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ThinkStage 7 months ago
@jackgr13 how many people made fun that spelling error ?? just me hahaha L2SPELLB4UT4LKSH1T
GreenMagic89 7 months ago
Does anybody know how to filter that algae?
frederickgraff 7 months ago
@frederickgraff they dry it reducing its liquid contains then they use mechanical pumps to apply pressure to it squezzing oils from it because water will dry but the oil will lock into the algae because oils low release rate
cmb271 7 months ago
@frederickgraff Centrifugal filter or press? Should be able to reduce the water content enough then you run it through a oven like how they bake bread factory style, or u can sun dry it if ur not in a hurry.
ddnguyen278 7 months ago
its great that people are trying and sure we'll see new tech & efficiencies, but short of fission there simply are no viable alternatives to fossil-fuels, at least not for 6.7billion people. 'demand destruction' is what we're in for.
walter0bz 9 months ago
" a better solution would be to use the carbon that's already in the atmosphere'
its Energy , not Carbon, that we need.
having said that agree that piping burnt fossil c02 into algae tanks is a great idea for 'damage limitation'
walter0bz 9 months ago
But the algae could still be used to sequester carbon from any number of industrial processes. It's not a solution in and of itself but it has potential to clean up some dirty industries in the short term. Petroleum is not great! - the energy that goes into extracting, trucking, shipping, refining, storing, trucking, pumping and then burning in a combustion engine (which is the most inefficient kind of motor). Coal fired electricity is way more efficient than that
DingoBabyEat 9 months ago
@DingoBabyEat For what it's worth, coal must also be mined and transported, and it burns dirtier than petrolium products. As a solid, it cannot be piped. (Ethanol and corn also can not be moved through a pipeline) Furthermore, the internal combustion engine is not the most inefficient kind of engine... if it was we would still be using (coal fired) steam power.
Part of the reason that Diesel made his engine was because nothing was on the market that was affordable to operate (efficient)
77OM616 8 months ago
@77OM616 There are ten times more processes in refining crude oil compared with digging up coal and burning it. Coal fired power has a conversion efficiency of about 50%, compared to 25% in a combustion engine. I'm not arguing that coal isn't dirty but it's way more efficient than petroleum or diesel. And when you start adding renewables to the mix it gets cleaner again. Even based on the dirtiest coal fired plant on the planet i'ts still less energy than wasting it in a combustion engine.
DingoBabyEat 8 months ago
growing algae is pretty simple, but the major question is energy input and ouput for extracting the algae. for most industrial production, the major fuel source is still from fossil fuels. algae fuel may not be a viable source of energy if the energy input is more than the output. petroleum is great simply because all the energy input is free from years of under the earth pressure. however
eastern2western 9 months ago
to grow algae is pretty simple job but the question is how to convert it into biodiesel in an economic or cheaper way ?
HomoSapien2012 9 months ago
@heartlessvietboy algae comes from phosphates which is naturally present in water, light helps it grow :-)
H3Tezza 9 months ago
a normal centrifuge can't deflect algae of that magnitude. You would need a super centrifuge.
SubZeroNinjaVampire 9 months ago
Where does algae come from??
heartlessvietboy 10 months ago
one second hand fish tank might be much easier to clean. good idea and your flip flops made me laugh but its a fail on the cleaning..
ranskye1 10 months ago
I cracked at the flip-flop scene.
74rj4 10 months ago
Thank You for working in the solution rather than whining about the problem.
Peace.
MarjBatesStudio 11 months ago
I appreciate your video but PLEASE FIX THE AUDIO it nearly broke my eardrum!
AntonBowie 11 months ago
i wonder how much power that pump uses
reubenthorpe1992 11 months ago
so how many gallons of Algae do you need to make 1 gallon of bio-oil?
billynightmare 1 year ago
Good Lord go buy some damn shoes!! Go to Goodwill if you want to recycle. So how much does this one rack of algae produce? is the time frame dependent on exposure to sun? I have been using veggie oil for over 5 years in my truck but it would be nice to have an alternative.
goddesslovr88 1 year ago
Just responding to some questions I read asking about the strain. I don't know what he's using but I read up on a Canadian company that accidently developed a strain of algae that can produce 60 times more oil than what's been found up until now. The company is Ocean Nutrition Canada and the strain is called ONC T18 B. Cheers
DAMIENSEED 1 year ago
@DAMIENSEED Nice. Kudos on the citation. I don't have need of the info myself but I thought someone should say thanks.
Innomen 1 year ago
I'm a studying biotechnology, nice bioreactors, man!
juanjhonsoy 1 year ago
You idiot, it would take you 10 years to make enough oil with that setup to replace the oil it took to make those bottles. This is why conservatives have so much fun with tree huggers. You think the tap water is poison so you buy little bottles of water that is filtered from some municipal tap water source and at the same time you are proliferating the addiction to Arab oil. Or do you consider this recycling? Was that a gas powered CO2 pump? Are you kidding me
64steveg 1 year ago
@64steveg
This technology could sub for oil if it received the credits that big oil enjoys. It's 50x more productive than corn ethanol and can be grown in a fraction of one state to meet needs of the US.
With such lapses of logic, I would not be the one calling folks idiots. The point is algae fuel, not the incidental reuse of bottles.Obviously, a system scaled up wouldn't need to depend on post-consumer water bottles; it's just a home-made demo. You can run pumps off of wind or solar.
radicalsquare 1 year ago
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wanitovanana 1 year ago
Hello Michael. Are you still with Stanford University and working with algae bioreactors and fuels? I am very interested in learning more about your projects and the programs at the university that focus on developing biofuels from algae. Thank you so much!
OfficialLuisAponte 1 year ago
this guy was never heard from again... the government usually takes quick action when someone comes up with an idea that actually works and would threaten the billion dolor oil companies. knew a guy that built a more efficient motor that didn't use oil and was forced to sell his patten to the government along with the device and evidence that proved it existed. its scary how people with all the $ have more power than the president...
ReefMimic 1 year ago
@ReefMimic
Please cite an article or reference other than, "I knew a guy". Your post gives the impression that you're a conspiracy nut and is hard to take seriously...
lvl3talhead 1 year ago
@lvl3talhead why would i give a name that would only bring the source more unwanted attention. believe what you want i could care less...
ReefMimic 1 year ago
uhhh. uhhh. uhh.. endesicive nonconclusive???? you take the adjective & do what to it?? what type of centrifuge?? what specific gravity's??? speed??? you do what with the by products??? etc......slow down read a script . ty very good job on the reactor.
circusboy90210 1 year ago
get those recycled water bottle flip flops off ASAP..Feet are highly absorbant and those bottles are loaded with toxins
petflora 1 year ago
The lack of ANY response from the poster indicates the reality and feasibility of this project.
IdahoViewing 1 year ago
I wasn't referring to my political opponents, I was referring to those ultra elites who are all to willing to sell their souls for wealth, power, and who lust after it to hold it all together.
I respect the nature of your comment... as you are right, even those who have nothing but their souls as assets, seem all to willing to offer it up at a whim.
RamsesReturns 1 year ago
VIRGIN!
NWPsilocybe 1 year ago
This is basically the same venue as solar, only this is much more stable than batteries. This is the future.
a10fjet 1 year ago
how much fuel can you get from this setup? Is this a realistic propasal to run a car on?
MrGasgeezer 1 year ago
Oooh I love the sandals!
Great video thanks for sharing.
mlatchu56 1 year ago
i was taking this seriously till i saw his bottle sandals...naw its cool:3
A4moondoggy 1 year ago
oil is not a fossil fuel, NASA has determined it is indeed not. oil is made deep in the earth by a process that still remains a unexplained. look at up Eugine Island, there is a shocker to oil producers but one they like.
mechanicalbu11 1 year ago
@mechanicalbu11 either way its not a renewable source.....
armadillodude2992 1 year ago
@armadillodude2992 maybe, maybe not. there could be enough oil to last 10,000 years at present consumption rates, if more ultra deep wells are established, but by that time the human race wont be here anymore due to some technological disaster or some mad bio engineer setting lose a mega virus. but most likely God will call us home and that will be that. .
mechanicalbu11 1 year ago
Hmmm. It seems Phoebe Buffay's brother, Frank, really did go back to school! Trouble is, he thinks carbon dioxide is bad. Worse, that sandals made out of water-bottles are good.
I (along with other commenters here) can't help but think that the resources used in this "alternative" bioreactor more than outweigh the product by a long chalk.
Better go back to refrigerator repair, Frank.
CheckDare 1 year ago
@jackgr13 as they wear down... wouldn't all the tiny particles end up in the sea, into that plastic island ?
deanznz 1 year ago
dude is an idiot. his algae farm will cost as much energy to process as it produces. are so many better algae farm designs EVERYWHERE on the internet. he is just some hippy green who thinks he is some genious but could not invent something practical if the world depended on it... luckily it doesn't and even if the sky were falling (which it is not) there are nongreens with the inteligence to get us off fossile fuels eventualy purely for economic reasons.
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prop23FAIL 1 year ago
What type of algae are you using?
pbsoko 1 year ago
@pbsoko probably what ever grows in the tires in his back yard (mosquito breeding grounds). he probably does not even know there are different kinds of algae.
TAPriceCTR 1 year ago
@TAPriceCTR lol... probably....
pbsoko 4 months ago
Only a dumb old red neck would think a person should look smart to be smart. Now that is just dumb! After all the smartest people in the world are excentric and have nonstandard personalities. And I don't mean math teachers who really know math but never venture past teaching ot. My dad always said, "Some people teach and some people do"
Engineer245 1 year ago
hey man nice vid. If you wanna wear the flipflops just do it. Dont listen to this guys. I take u seriously cuz what u say makes sense. Dont let others set your fashion standards. You are yourself.
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VacationValet 1 year ago
very cool=D
WhiteWillowSage 1 year ago
Sounds like you're using a large air compressor for this system, that makes very little sense. I would use a large multiple outlet diaphragm pump instead...
CensorshipFTL 1 year ago
@CensorshipFTL
what do you expect? inteligence and understanding of the process? he is a brainwasy green, there are few inteligent greens but not many. most are lemmings who can't even mimic the smart greens well.
TAPriceCTR 1 year ago
Is it posible to grow some Spirulina this way?
Rene33el29 1 year ago
excellent!!!!!!!*****
TEEWEE01 1 year ago
What species of algae have you used here? Is there much research into finding algae with a greater oil content?
cornandstuff 1 year ago
@cornandstuff Hello, If you live in europe you can buy it at algae-planet(dot)com. It is based in holland and sells various lipid-rich strains to enthusiasts.
melrobRTF 1 year ago
Most shoes are made from petroleum products anyways , a little over kill there , but nice idea , now tell us how to make fuel from all off these water bottles with algae growing in them , and dam that was the loudest generator or you had it right next to the mic ,but I still love your enthusiasm for algae fuel , stay at it !
mikehanoo33 1 year ago
Algae can become oil?
leesunlung 1 year ago
Where can i get a pair of those sandals ? actually no.
hablerz 1 year ago
These bottles are PETE... what about the phthalates that are leaching into the water, esp. as it is warmed by sunlight for the algal growth? Any studies on the effects of phthalates (and other plastic chems) on the growth and metabolism of algae? You don't need any metabolic attenuation or friggen mutation going on. I'd use a non-leaching plastic like high or low density polyethylene. no polycarbonate plastic crap, no phthalate plastic crap (same goes for our food and water).
moleculesnmorphemes 1 year ago
@moleculesnmorphemes
Orrr...glass. Yes, I know it's outdated as far as modern containers go, but you can at least be sure that there won't be any leeching side effects on the algae.
AndrewDeLong 1 year ago
Glass would work, sure. It's heavy though. Is good for the
environment in that it doesn't leach crap into water (unlike
some plastics), and it's made of sand. People should focus
more on recycling metal, plastic, and paper/cardboard than glass
in areas where doing all four is cost-prohibitive.
moleculesnmorphemes 1 year ago
bro! we can use this tecnology in mars! since the atmosphere of mars is mostly CO2!
Revelde20 1 year ago
@Revelde20 But they still need oxygen to survive rite?
Woblek 1 year ago
@Woblek ,well, if my memory don't betray me! plants consume CO2 and produce O2? hence the importance to develop a harmonius way to maintain the chemical balance of our planet! bro, we are living very exiting days! we can alter plans ,we can do so much ! I only know that, I don't know it all! but the potencial is there!
Revelde20 1 year ago
yep. Plants 'burn' O2 just like animals do. A lot of people don't know that... didn't learn it in school 'cause they focus so strongly on photosynthesis = plants. The only thing different as ye know is that plants make their own food and animals have to consume theirs. But they still do catabolism. I think the reason O2 isn't an issue is that the algae are microscopic n suspended in the water. All of the O2 they produce is dissolved in the water and used by the cells. Prob. a little O2 bubbling.
moleculesnmorphemes 1 year ago
what about the motor you run it with isnt that putting co2 in the air.
ChiefRagingface 1 year ago
@ChiefRagingface
Well, if the motor itself is run off from the bio-diesel then it only puts out that CO2 it takes in, which makes it an equal loss to gain system.
AndrewDeLong 1 year ago
This is indeed the best solution for the energy crisis, this stuff can be produced anywhere with sunlight and it requires C02 to grow so not only does it feed our needs but could potentially slow down the greenhouse effect, though preventing it is impossible. And you can get animal feed from it along with the petrolium mix. You cant say that about oil can you?
davedavedaveannoy1 1 year ago
@davedavedaveannoy1 if you take all/most of the energy out of the algae as biofuel then it has a limited value as a stockfeed. Also it would mean that fertilisers would be required to replace nutrients. I would sooner recycle the 'used' algae to feed further growth.
cornandstuff 1 year ago
@cornandstuff Good, I knew there were intelligent people left in this country.
davedavedaveannoy1 1 year ago
Is this a fresh water algae? Can you use a saltwater algae? Fresh water is more precious than salt water, which is abundant. What do you feed the algae apart from CO2? I was thinking about running sewage into the algae reactor to promote growth.
FishyMoe 2 years ago
@FishyMoe
Algae mostly feeds on water and CO2 from the air. You might be able to promote some growth, but honestly all you need is sunlight and CO2. Saltwater algae is untested, so I'd say try it out and use the same conversion processes as you'd use on freshwater algae to turn it into fuel. If it works, GREAT! If not, well, you have a base to start from at least. Just remember, do this on small scale first, no matter what you try.
AndrewDeLong 1 year ago
This guy is something else, making sandals from bottles! hahaha. i would never buy or wear that crap
JMF2479 2 years ago
Critic the industry not some first year science major learning to making a bio-reactor with no money...
Epicx1984 2 years ago
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just a poorly done project that he did for university. Didn't actually care about being too successful. Using plastic water bottles alone is contradictory to his display of "sustainable thinking". So half assed. This is a good example of why in the end, "degrees" deliver less quality than they promise.
phatboy11388 2 years ago
The recycled plastic bottles could be filled with cat's piss and shoved up your smug, contrarian ass.
VICTORGIRAFFE 2 years ago
@VICTORGIRAFFE Aha so your the one who stole my home movies.
hablerz 1 year ago
Hi, I´m planning to do this myself and I have some questions:
Do you need a special species of algae for this or will our rain water do it?
Which fertilizer do you use? How much?
thanks!