CO2 Sequestration Application
GeoAlgae Technologies, Inc.’s sequestration systems are designed to be cost effective site- specific applications to capture or recycle CO2. This will mitigate CO2 emissions from industries whose operations have extensive CO2 emissions such as oil and gas drilling, refining, and natural gas and coal fired power plants. CO2 emissions from these sources surpass that of transportation as the largest source in the United States.
Extensive funding is being provided by industry and the US Department of Energy in efforts to sequester these emissions. Researchers at the University of Utah are conducting one such project. It seeks to demonstrate capability of carbon capture and storage by capturing emissions from gas drilling and under pressure storing the CO2 in salt domes located in east central Utah. The project is funded at over 80 million dollars. “An alternative to carbon capture and storage, by attaching an algae pond, or photobioreactor to any fuel burning plant, the carbon dioxide produced during combustion can be fed into the algae system. Nutrients can be sourced from sewage, thus turning two pollutants into resources for the production of biodiesel, with a land requirement much smaller than other crop sources.” Phil McKenna, From smokestack to gas tank (7 October 2006) New Scientist.
GeoBio Energy, Inc. makes use of it AlgaeGro structures to serve as these photobioreactors an accomplish site specific designed systems to mitigate CO2 emissions and provide feedstock for bio-diesel production. The systems are not always just algae, but can be a diverse mix of the companies proprietary cultivars from appropriate genius and species.
The company takes its analytical lab on site and monitors several factors such as sunlight, soil, CO2 volume, water quality, temperature, and, then, develops a site specific AlgaeGro Cultivar or uses one of its existing strains to mitigate CO2 emissions and potentially other pollutants such as particulates and produce quality feedstock for biodiesel fuel production. The feedstock is processed on site or transported.
The company plans to develop contracts extensively during its first five years of operations for such sites. It has made initial contacts with industry with favorable response, and is poised to move forward agressively with this upon funding.
Geothermal Energy Sites
GeoBio Energy, Inc. has established a database of the location, ownership and heat potential of known geo-thermal sites in the Western United States, and, more specifically, the Great Basin Region comprising parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada. Some of the sites may have the potential for the production of energy.
Unfortunately, many of these sites are in remote areas and without extensive and expensive infrastructure expenditures will not be available for uses in energy production. However, as a source of heat or heated water the sites can be made valuable for the production of feedstock and profitable symbiotic applications. The company’s proprietary calculations of heat, flow, chemical components and pressure resources for each site will determine decisions on appropriate uses for geo-energy, feedstock growth, and/or symbiotic development.
Bio-fuel Feedstock Oil Extraction
In many cases, oil extraction will take place at the growth site. However, the feedstock may be transported if the companies planned portable extraction units are not available. While the company is in contact with several entities including universities about making use of experimental oil extraction systems using enzymes, ultrasonic innovations, and the company plans to continue its own development of proprietary extraction methodology primarily in enzymes, autoflocculation, and bouyance.
The company plans to use their machanical presses as their initial means of oil extraction. While such methods are less efficient in extracting all of the available plant source oil, they do not have the environmental issues and health issues associated with solvents. As an environmentally responsible company, GeoBio Energy, Inc. believes use of such methods would not be consistent with its mission and purpose. Additionally, the presses are durable and of realitively low cost to acquire and operate. The remaining Algae-Gro cake has multiple uses as biomass for heat, soil conditioning and fertilizer, and as nutrient supplement for animal feed.
Source: GeoBio Energy, Inc.
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