NASA researches algae
The NASA Glenn Research Center and Israel-based marine microalgae developer Seambiotic's US subsidiary are developing a collaborative R&D programme for optimisation of open-pond microalgae growth processes for biofuels production.
The goal of the agreement is to make use of NASA’s expertise in large scale computational modelling and combine it with Seambiotic’s biological process modelling to make advances in biomass process cost reduction.
Under the agreement, NASA Glenn and Seambiotic USA will work together to improve production processes and to study and qualify algae oil from alternative species and production processes as candidate aviation fuel at NASA’s test facilities.
Seambiotic’s research efforts include a pilot study at an Israeli Electric Corporation power station near the city Ashkelon, Israel, where various species of marine microalgae have been successfully cultivated using the power station's carbon dioxide emissions released directly from their smokestacks; the microalgae are in turn used as feedstock for biofuel.
Seambiotic technology reduces the cost of microalgae production while lowering global warming by reducing industrial carbon dioxode emissions. The company is currently in transition from the pilot plant stage to large scale industrial algae cultivation and production.
The goal of the agreement is to make use of NASA’s expertise in large scale computational modelling and combine it with Seambiotic’s biological process modelling to make advances in biomass process cost reduction.
Under the agreement, NASA Glenn and Seambiotic USA will work together to improve production processes and to study and qualify algae oil from alternative species and production processes as candidate aviation fuel at NASA’s test facilities.
Seambiotic’s research efforts include a pilot study at an Israeli Electric Corporation power station near the city Ashkelon, Israel, where various species of marine microalgae have been successfully cultivated using the power station's carbon dioxide emissions released directly from their smokestacks; the microalgae are in turn used as feedstock for biofuel.
Seambiotic technology reduces the cost of microalgae production while lowering global warming by reducing industrial carbon dioxode emissions. The company is currently in transition from the pilot plant stage to large scale industrial algae cultivation and production.
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