The Future of Microalgae in Clean Technologies

By Jean VanderGheynst (jsvander@ucdavis.edu)

"There is no magic- bullet fuel crop than can solve our energy woes without harming the environment, says virtual every scientist studying the issue. But most say that algae....comes closer than any other plant"

Green Dreams- National Geographic, october 2007

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Industrial Biodiesel Plant Design and Engineering ( Practical Experience )

By Dan Anderson , Derek Masterson, Bill McDonald and Larry Sullivan

The biodiesel process itself is more than just a chemical reaction. The practical aspects of how to run an ordinary reaction in to a large full- scale industrial plant are of utmost importance. It has been proven that bench top reactions and equipment often to not properly scale up to full processing plant size, and biodiesel is no exception.

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Biodiesel Experiment

By Richard Lawrence

Biodiesel is an alternative to diesel fuel that is made from vegetable oil through a simple chemical reaction called transesterfication. Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine without modifications, and can be blended in any amount with regular diesel. A small percentage increases diesel's lubricity. Click here

Production Of Pure Ethanol

By P.Pruksathorn and T.Vitidsant

This research focuses on water separation from ethanol-water solution under vapor phase with the use of 3A zeolite. The first phase testing was done in a fix-bed adsorber under atmospheric pressure to study the optimum condition for adsorption and compare the performance under difference conditions.The zeolite was packed in stainless stell column with inner diameter of 1.59 cm and the lenght of 45 cm placing in a tube furnace to maintain the temperature at desired values. Click here

One Low -Tech Solution to High -Tech Problem

By Joshua & Kaia Tickell

Making your own fuel from vegetable oil can be easy, cost effective, and environmentally beneficial. What makes this fuel even more attractive is that can you make it from the waste vegetable oil produced in The United States every year, which amounts to more than three billion gallons. With a bit of know-how and persistence, you can run any diesel engine on vegetable oil.

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