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I wonder if it's possible to have some CO2-eating algae in water that you bubble air through. The idea being you have something biological and microscopic with
by csense 6y ago
I wonder if it's possible to have some CO2-eating algae in water that you bubble air through. The idea being you have something biological and microscopic with a quick lifecycle, so you're taking advantage of each point in a 3D volume. Question is, it surely needs nutrients other than air, do you have to keep pumping those in or is the system self-contained? Is the sequestered CO2 in the form of dead algae you scrape / filter from the top / bottom? What's the maximum depth before sunlight's insufficient?
(As opposed to something like planting trees that's inherently 2D and takes many years to reach maturity.)
Hmm, some quick Googling shows lots of results for algae carbon capture, e.g. this company: https://newatlas.com/environment/algae-fueled-bioreactor-carbon-sequestration/ https://newatlas.com/environment/algae-fueled-bioreactor-car...
- tito 6y agoAlgae-based carbon dioxide removal sounds promising. There are a few entrepreneurs on AirMiners working along these lines. You can also check out the AirMiners Index to scan through the other folks working on solutions: http://www.airminers.org/explore http://www.airminers.org/explore
- crispycrafter2 6y agoThanks for the link. Will check them out
- crispycrafter2 6y agoBig problem with Algae is two fold: 1) it uses water as process fluid 2) biological systems are slow in comparison to pure chemistry solutions. There was a time when I was convinced Algae was the way forward but the rate limiting step for them just don't make sense. Unless things have changed since I last researched this