MIT Algae Photobioreactor

An algae photobioreactor on the roof of MIT university.

The clear polycarbonate tubes are approx 3 meters high, and 10-20 centimeters in diameter.

It removes upto 86% of the NOx and 40% of the CO2 of the smokestack emissions that are bubbled through it. The algae are feeding on exhaust with 13% CO2 content. This size algae photobioreactor can't handle the entire exhaust emissions, it would need to be much larger for that.


This photobioreactor you see here on the roof of MIT, has since been dismantled and reassembled in Naboomspruit (now called Mookgopong) South Africa at a biodiesel plant.
http://www.infinitibiodiesel.com/

read more:
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=Greenfuel

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[STEELFISTSOFDOOM]

@roidroid I'm doing a research paper on global warming for my Comp 1 class, could you give me some good sold websites, articles, and science journals and a reliable place for statistics. For reverences and citations. It's an opposing viewpoints research essay, so I guess it would help if you guys that don't believe in climate change to give me some as well.

[roidroid]

@STEELFISTSOFDOOM many of potholer54's videos are concerned with misquotes of papers - many on this topic, so they should be a goldmine for you.

He sometimes also includes large blocks of citations in the video description text.

[legionario68]

Is not a lineal model, CO2 Vs. Temp; CO2 do affect climate!. ( A mexican Chemistry Nobel Prize did say that). Thats kindergarten science. We can have scenarios when no global temp. averages variations, but strong fluctuations in max and min, and strongest storms and so. Algae have potential in food, energy, land conservation, and every nation can deal with it. Main corporations, racist, and Stock Exchage guys aren't happy with the idea!.

[roidroid]

@legionario68 Then that one single mexican chemist should try to convince climate scientists of his ideas. If he can't convince other professionals in the field (climate scientists) - then it could just be that he's demonstrably wrong.

He didn't get his Nobel Prize in climate science did he.

[PillowcaseHead]

Maybe you should just take a break from watching TV

[roidroid]

@captncanuckle Please show me your data of the yearly average temps

[STEELFISTSOFDOOM]

@roidroid Thank you very much

[happinesson]

this is a gas made from heaven! algae is a miracle! this may help us solve our existing environmental problems! Go algae!

[agapitoflores001]

Two thumbs up for this great video!

[arivas713]

NO, STOP! we need that stuff for our sushi!

[SgtAndrewM]

the narrator sounds like the talking baby on family guy (not stewie, oliver's friend)

[sandman526]

I am doing a school project on algae bio reactors if you have any data on this it would greatly help my research.