ALGAE AS JET FUEL ?
ON THE CUTTING EDGE
~ 'Researchers Evaluate Algae'
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«~» A team from
Arizona State University, backed by a $6.7-million award from the U.S. government,
is looking into the feasibility of producing JP-8 military jet fuel from biological sources specifically,
algae.
«~» Lead by researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfield, who together direct
ASU’s Laboratory for
Algae Research and Biotechnology, the team is evaluating the more than 40,000 known strains of the
single-cell organism for their oil-production potential.
«~» Hu and Sommerfield note that, on a per-acre basis, the
annual oil yield of algae can be some
100 times that of soybeans. Moreover, unlike corn and soybeans,
algae is neither food nor feed, so
there’s
no conflict of interest in its use as biofuel, and algae is readily grown in salt or brackish water,
eliminating the need for traditional fresh-water irrigation.
«~» The team, which has been working to develop a cost-efficient means of producing
algae based
bio-diesel for automotive uses, expects to have a plan to
produce a bio-derived emulation of JP-8
(the military version of civilian-grade Jet A-1 turbine engine fuel)
by the end of 2008.
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Source: Arizona State University