Comments on: Seaweed as biofuel

By: marc torrades

marc torrades — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:15:37 +0000

hi louie
i think you have to predigested seaweed with enzymes (think who eat seaweed efficiently, collect these from there guts), then , use yeast for fermentation, then distillate and that it, good luck.

By: louie

louie — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:24:08 +0000

Hi, im a highschool student from the philippines. I am very intrested in using seaweed for our project in chemistry. I need help on these parts though: to extract the oil and growth and extraction of the seaweed. Thank you very much, Please reply:)

By: Muruganantham

Muruganantham — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:26:39 +0000

I am very much interested to get info on fermentation of seaweeds and BioFuel from seaweeds.

By: henry paiva

henry paiva — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:05:38 +0000

Please I need more information about it I really need help...many thanks

By: Roana

Roana — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:41 +0000

Hi. I am a student in a high school in Ottawa, Canada. I am doing a big project on biofuels and we tried to grow microalgae but it`s too slow. We are thinking about buying seaweeds now to extract the oil and I have many questions about the growth and extraction. What percentage of oil/mass is extracted? How much sugar is in the seaweed? What conditions do i need to keep it in? (i do not have an ocean near me) How much seaweed do I need to have about 2 cups of oil? I really need all the deatils i get get!! any help at all is greatly appreciated! thanks!

Ro + Em.

By: Mark at MIB Studios

Mark at MIB Studios — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:28:00 +0000

I understand that corn produces about 350 gal of alc per acre vs Cattails that produce about 7,000 gal per acre and can also be used as a natural way to clean sewage and create great fertilizer in the process. The Cattail byproducts can be used as animal feed and / or fertilizer also. In comparison, seaweed seems to yield far less energy (gal per acre) and be far harder to transform (via enzymes that you must buy vs grow or ??? yourself as that is too difficult I am told). I do want to use seaweed if possible since I am on or near the ocean a lot,,, but it seems the information is very lacking thus far.

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By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:06:36 +0000

The Sargasso sea is huge! Just send a factory ship out and harvest it! The plastics that have collected on the oceans might be a resource one day too! Oil barons beware, we are going to win!

By: Lilibeth Callo

Lilibeth Callo — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:37:07 +0000

I am doing a research paper regarding seaweeds active ingredients. I need some information about this please help me.

By: itishree

itishree — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:42:28 +0000

i am doing Msc. biotechnology and i am very much interested in the project of bioethanol from marine algae.i need some information about this plz help me.