ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 03 NO 04 OCTOBER 2015

Title:         Alternative Renewable Energy Application for Algae and Co-Combustion with Fossil Fuel
Authors:    An-peng CHEN, Shuichi TORII
Abstract:   Biomass is a composition of various types of waste materials that can be utilized as useful form of energy. However this new kind of energy hasn’t met its full potential in production of energy especially electricity generation due to its lower performance in terms of thermal efficiency. Algae (included Microalgae & Macroalgae) is widely used for multi-oriental application developments such as fishery aquaculture, food/nutrient supplement, cosmetics, and biomass energy. Microalgae has been treated as the source of bio-fuel and macro algae also used in
fermentation for bio-gas. In this paper we selected the two type of freshwater microalgae “Chlorella Vulgaris” & “Spirulina” and macro algae (Laminariaceae & Undaria pinnatifida) as the main materials and we combined with fossil fuel (coal) in different combination, which analyzed calorific values (heat of combustion). We found the calorific values are near 5000 KC/KG. The caloric values compared with the other biomass materials for its potential use in combustion system. The results in this paper will be used as a reference material for microalgae multi-oriental energy application and biomass composition proximate and ultimate research development in the future.

Keywords:    Biomass Energy, Microalgae, Spirulina, Chlorella. Sp. and Third Generation of Bio-fuel
Pages:            226-230

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