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Title: Fuel From Algae: Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies

Abstract

Broad Funding Opportunity Announcement Project: Led by CEO Ross Youngs, AVS has patented a cost-effective dewatering technology that separates micro-solids (algae) from water. Separating micro-solids from water traditionally requires a centrifuge, which uses significant energy to spin the water mass and force materials of different densities to separate from one another. In a comparative analysis, dewatering 1 ton of algae in a centrifuge costs around $3,400. AVS’s Solid-Liquid Separation (SLS) system is less energy-intensive and less expensive, costing $1.92 to process 1 ton of algae. The SLS technology uses capillary dewatering with filter media to gently facilitate water separation, leaving behind dewatered algae which can then be used as a source for biofuels and bio-products. The biomimicry of the SLS technology emulates the way plants absorb and spread water to their capillaries.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Algaeventure Systems
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1046659
Resource Type:
Program Document
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Funding Opportunity Announcement; Advanced Fuels; ARPA-E

Citation Formats

. Fuel From Algae: Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies. United States: N. p., 2010. Web.
. Fuel From Algae: Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies. United States.
. 2010. "Fuel From Algae: Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1046659.
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abstractNote = {Broad Funding Opportunity Announcement Project: Led by CEO Ross Youngs, AVS has patented a cost-effective dewatering technology that separates micro-solids (algae) from water. Separating micro-solids from water traditionally requires a centrifuge, which uses significant energy to spin the water mass and force materials of different densities to separate from one another. In a comparative analysis, dewatering 1 ton of algae in a centrifuge costs around $3,400. AVS’s Solid-Liquid Separation (SLS) system is less energy-intensive and less expensive, costing $1.92 to process 1 ton of algae. The SLS technology uses capillary dewatering with filter media to gently facilitate water separation, leaving behind dewatered algae which can then be used as a source for biofuels and bio-products. The biomimicry of the SLS technology emulates the way plants absorb and spread water to their capillaries.},
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year = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2010},
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