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Milking diatoms for sustainable energy / T. V. Ramachandra in Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol. 48 N° 19 (Octobre 2009) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 48 N° 19 (Octobre 2009) . - pp. 8769–8788 Titre : Milking diatoms for sustainable energy : biochemical engineering versus gasoline-secreting diatom solar panels Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : T. V. Ramachandra, Auteur ; Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Auteur ; Karthick, B, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : pp. 8769–8788 Note générale : Chemical engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Renewable  energy  Diatoms  Solar  panel Résumé : In the face of increasing CO2 emissions from conventional energy (gasoline), and the anticipated scarcity of crude oil, a worldwide effort is underway for cost-effective renewable alternative energy sources. Here, we review a simple line of reasoning: (a) geologists claim that much crude oil comes from diatoms; (b) diatoms do indeed make oil; (c) agriculturists claim that diatoms could make 10−200 times as much oil per hectare as oil seeds; and (d) therefore, sustainable energy could be made from diatoms. In this communication, we propose ways of harvesting oil from diatoms, using biochemical engineering and also a new solar panel approach that utilizes genomically modifiable aspects of diatom biology, offering the prospect of “milking” diatoms for sustainable energy by altering them to actively secrete oil products. Secretion by and milking of diatoms may provide a way around the puzzle of how to make algae that both grow quickly and have a very high oil content. En ligne : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie900044j [article] Milking diatoms for sustainable energy : biochemical engineering versus gasoline-secreting diatom solar panels [texte imprimé] / T. V. Ramachandra, Auteur ; Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Auteur ; Karthick, B, Auteur . - 2009 . - pp. 8769–8788. Chemical engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 48 N° 19 (Octobre 2009) . - pp. 8769–8788 Mots-clés : Renewable  energy  Diatoms  Solar  panel Résumé : In the face of increasing CO2 emissions from conventional energy (gasoline), and the anticipated scarcity of crude oil, a worldwide effort is underway for cost-effective renewable alternative energy sources. Here, we review a simple line of reasoning: (a) geologists claim that much crude oil comes from diatoms; (b) diatoms do indeed make oil; (c) agriculturists claim that diatoms could make 10−200 times as much oil per hectare as oil seeds; and (d) therefore, sustainable energy could be made from diatoms. In this communication, we propose ways of harvesting oil from diatoms, using biochemical engineering and also a new solar panel approach that utilizes genomically modifiable aspects of diatom biology, offering the prospect of “milking” diatoms for sustainable energy by altering them to actively secrete oil products. Secretion by and milking of diatoms may provide a way around the puzzle of how to make algae that both grow quickly and have a very high oil content. En ligne : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie900044j