{"id":4138,"date":"2011-04-03T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T15:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:50:48","slug":"algae-yield-increases-with-new-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/algae-yield-increases-with-new-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Algae Yield Increases With New Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aerial-shot-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aerial-shot-2-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"aerial shot 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aerial-shot-2-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/aerial-shot-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algae farm. Source: Algenol Biofuels<\/figcaption><\/figure>Algae is one of the most exciting types of renewable fuels being researched, although there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a long way to go before it becomes commercially available on a large scale \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/2011\/04\/01\/3080566\/honeywell-green-jet-fuel-powers.html\" target=\"blank\">aviation industry<\/a> may be benefitting from algae before car drivers do.<\/p>\n<p>But there are companies out there looking into ways to turn algae biofuel into a reality. One of them is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originoil.com\/\" target=\"blank\">OriginOil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The California-based technology company recently filed for patent protection for its new Algae Screen technology, which is described as a process to keep algae healthy and productive by selectively eliminating microscopic predators without the use of chemicals. The technology employs an electromagnetic pulse, similar to what is used to achieve Live Extraction, one of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trademark technologies. It said it will offer Algae Screen and Live Extraction in one integrated offering for growers.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense#300--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Much of our technology is based on the same underlying science, so it makes sense to create \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfunctionality hubs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to simplify field operations and create more value for producers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said OriginOil\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CEO, Riggs Eckelberry. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We see much more integration activity as the algae industry matures.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>All types of algae are targets for invasion, the company said, and oil-rich algae are attractive to rotifers and other microscopic predators. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Algae Screen will protect an algae culture continuously from microscopic invaders, such as rotifers, bacteria, and ciliates\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said Paul Reep, Senior VP of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with such invaders is that they reduce the value of the algae crop by metabolizing valuable oil and biomass. Besides, invasions can choke off algae growth and reduce the percentage of daily harvest. Open ponds are particularly vulnerable to this type of problem, although it exists in all types of growth systems.<\/p>\n<p>Algae Screen works by targeting invaders with calibrated pulses of low-power electromagnetic energy that leave the algae safe. The pulsing and power levels are adjustable for different algae types and environmental conditions such as water hardness and salinity. <\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! Go find some...<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algae is one of the most exciting types of renewable fuels being researched, although there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a long way to go before it becomes commercially available on a large scale \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the aviation industry may be benefitting from algae before car drivers do. But there are companies out there looking into ways to turn algae biofuel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,34],"tags":[821,822,1753],"class_list":["post-4138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae","category-biofuel","tag-algae-biofuel","tag-originoil","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9372,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4138\/revisions\/9372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}