PPT-Algae Biomass Summit DATE:

October 1 2014 Jonathan L Male Director Bioenergy Technologies Office Outline Bioenergy Technologies Office BETO Overview Algae Program Research and Development Portfolio Algae Program Demonstration Portfolio. Algae Algae have been used in animal and human diets since very early times Filamentous algae are usually considered as macrophytes since they often form floating masses that can be easily harvested although many c Consortium. Algae as a Renewable Energy Source: . Challenges and Progress. Work Funded By . US DOE Bioenergy Technology Office, . DE-EE0003046. This presentation does not contain any proprietary, confidential, or otherwise restricted information. By Mark . Zhou and . Asad. . Zaheer. Structure. May live in colonies. Store energy as starch. Stacked thylakoids. Cell walls made of cellulose. Most have flagella. Red color from . phycoerythrin. . Topic 6 – Primary Production. What is . production. ?. Who contributes to . primary. production?. Pros and cons of being an autotroph. Taxonomy of autotrophs. Regulation . of . primary . p. roduction. DATE: . October 1, 2014. Jonathan L. Male. Director, . Bioenergy Technologies Office . Outline. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) Overview. Algae Program . Research and Development . Portfolio . Algae Program Demonstration Portfolio. Photo Courtesy Ami . Ben-Amotz . John J Milledge. Fossil Fuel Costs are Increasing. BP . statistical review of world . energy June 2012. Demand for Fossil Fuel is Increasing. BP . statistical review of world . Agricultural Sustainable Energy Education Network. Renewable Energy Curriculum. Introduction. Also known as agrofuel. Mainly derived from biomass or bio waste. These fuels can be used for any purposes, but the main use for which they have to be brought is in the transportation sector.. Agricultural Sustainable Energy Education Network. Renewable Energy Curriculum. Introduction. Also known as agrofuel. Mainly derived from biomass or bio waste. These fuels can be used for any purposes, but the main use for which they have to be brought is in the transportation sector.. Seaweeds. Hassan I. El Shimi. 1. and Soha S. . Moustafa. 2. 1. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University (CUFE), Egypt. 2. Microbiology Department, Soils, Water and Enviroment Research Institute (SWERI), Agricultural . already . identified, . algae are classified in multiple major groupings as follows:. C. yanobacteria (. Cyanophyceae. ), Green . A. lgae (. Chlorophyceae. ), Diatoms (. Bacillariophyceae. ), Yellow-green . ) is a plant-like organism that uses sunlight to produce energy in a process called . photosynthesis. . Algae are extremely important organisms because they are considered to be the primary oxygen-producing organisms on Earth. all. . shapes . and sizes. . Algae . are not plants, even though they sometimes look . like. . them. . . They . are all referred to as algae, the . red. , green and brown . algae. . are . chlorophyllus. . thallophytes. that can manufacture their own food and they produce oxygen during photosynthesis. So they are called as autotrophic . thallophytes. .. The term . thallus. is used for plant body that is not differentiated into root, stem and leaves. Lacks vascular system.. Development. Shulin Chen (chens@wsu.edu), Leader. Bioprocessing and Bioproduct Engineering Laboratory (BBEL). Department of Biological Systems Engineering. Washington State University . July . 31, 2013.