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Algae Car

Car running on algae by producing hydrogen  
 
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HelenBakerInBenidorm (3 months ago) Show Hide
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I have designed a Bio-reactor that can produce Hydrogen cost effectively
mrnash75 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Can you tell what type of alge you are using please
matattack2000 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is the best so far. We published some stuff recently searching for better Australian strains but didn't find any. Can read it by google searching "Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of hydrogen-producing green algae"
creten69 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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do you have to have certain strands?I wanna grow it and just put it in my car and help others do it.I cant fit into that little car.I need gas and i need it now daddy!
gpotteiger (1 year ago) Show Hide
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In fact even liquid hydrogen is only one third as energy dense as gasoline.
bbkingdom (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Well, your telling just an attitude you have over some facts. Let me tell you my attitude over the same facts:
- No infrastructure: Norways is building the HyNor, which has unmanned filling stations that are hooked up to the water supply and have arrays of solar pannels for electrolysis.
Expensive fuel cell: You can combust hydrogen in combustion engines.
Storing problems: probably you need to spend a little bit more on your hydrogen tank, but maybe you also get more milage
gpotteiger (1 year ago) Show Hide
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True you can burn hydrogen in a gasoline engine but you somehow must figure out a way to make a significant amount of hydrogen quickly and easily I think you know as well as i do that solar power at the station is nothing more than a gimmick. You need an awful lot of energy to compress hydrogen to the very high pressures needed to make it as energy dense as gasoline. Also electrolysis as well as solar cells are pretty inefficient.
bbkingdom (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Well, people are trying to figure out a way to do electrolysis with pulses of electricity at a specific frequency suited for water. Maybe it is bogus but lets wait and see what happens. It would create an on demand system for hydrogen generation in your car, so you just fill her up with water. Also using aluminium as a catalyist and create hydrogen chemically is an option, again what you will tank is water... Don't know though if this is all sustainable and real world applicable.
creten69 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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im scared now the big oil companies have so many people to silence,i mean bush and blackwater and illuminatii guys.
RepairBucket (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Awesome! AlgaePetro dot comm and others are trying to spread the word. Also Motor Trend's July 2008 issue discusses Algae as the potential biofuel savior at the end of a huge article and I just stumble on an article that talks about Michigan kicking in $7 million to fun an Algae production facility just minutes from my home.

Maybe people are finally starting to see the practical application of this fuel source.

I'm excited!

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