I have been looking into oil from algae and it seams like lots of talk and nothing else. Is there something fundamentally wrong or missing with the process? The growth part looks straight forward using bioreactors. Getting the oil out of the algae looks simple enough, a press and ultrasonics look to be able to hit a 75% Ive also got some vacuum ideas for extraction. Once the oil has been obtained it follows the same process as SVO. The waste product has many uses from live stock feed to fish food to fertilizer. I am wondering if it would make decent burning stock (to help feed the drying stage prior to the pressing). Has anyone used algae oil and if so, is it any different then SVO? I have not found hard numbers on the shelf live of algae oils once extracted. Some sites say that the oil that comes out from algae is chemically the same as crude oil. Does that mean it could be processed in a standard oil refinery, and if so, could SVO?
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