P2P’s microalgae technologies (Photobioreactor design, nutrient formulation and possibly water recycling) will make production of microalgae biofuels coupled with carbon capture more sustainable in terms of productivity and cost.

1. Advancing sustainable production
of microalgal biofuels
Abigail Adebusuyi, PhD

2. Outline
 Alternative energy
 Why microalgae biofuels
 Challenges to sustainable production of microalgal
biofuels
 Pollutants-to-Products microalgae research
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3. Alternative energy
 Non-fossil energy sources that have no negative
effect on the environment
 Mostly renewable
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4. Biofuels
 Fuel obtained directly or
indirectly from biological
processes
 Renewable if from plants or
microalgae biomass obtained
using natural resources e.g.
sunlight
 Additional benefit of carbon
capture
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5. Why microalgae biofuels?
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Biofuels
Biodiesel
Ethanol
Gasoline
Kerosene
Other products
O2

6. Challenges to sustainable production of
microalgal biofuels
 No one has been able to produce enough
microalgae biomass using sunlight at low-cost
 Inefficient sunlight energy conversion
 Low productivity
 High capital cost
 Cost of biofuels is high
 Estimated biodiesel cost is $1.6 - >$75/L
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7. Pollutants-to-Products (P2P) Microalgae project
 Development of innovative
technologies to increase
microalgae biomass
productivity at low-cost
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8. P2P’s Sun-tracking Photo-bioreactor (PBR)
 Patent-pending
technology “Active
Spatial Sunlight
DilutionTM”
(PCT/CA2014/050450)
 Increased sunlight
utilization efficiency
 Increased biomass
productivity
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P2P’s Algi-ALPHA PBR

9. Nutrient medium formulation
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P2P’s Nutrient media
Common C. vulgaris nutrient media

10. Current work
 Development of a pilot-scale
PBR based on P2P’s patent-
pending technology
 Water and nutrient recycling
 Efficient microalgae harvester
 Open to collaborations and
new partnerships to
commercialize P2P’s
technologies
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11. Summary
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Biofuels
Biodiesel
Ethanol
Gasoline
Kerosene
Other products
Animal feeds
Health supplements
Cosmetics
PharmaceuticalsRecycle
nutrients &
water
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12. Acknowledgements
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