PARC’s Solution for Algae Fuel: Going Down the Drain
Submitted by admin on September 30, 2009 – 6:08 amNo Comment
by Michael Kanellos (Greentech Media) A technology for water purification and toner cartridges could cut the onerous cost of getting algae out of water. It started as a way to purify water, but the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) believes that its spiral technology could solve one of the most vexing problems with making algae fuel a reality. A set of spirals – essentially channels that get water to swirl in a way that mimics how it flows down drains, discharge flumes and log rides – can potentially be used to separate algae from water with very little external energy. Much of the energy, in fact, comes from the force of the moving water itself. READ MORE
