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A research institute unveiled Saturday a Taiwan-developed technology for producing biofuel from microalgae, as part of efforts to target the growing environmentally friendly renewable energy industry.
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) , which developed the technology, showed off the process of turning microalgae into biodiesel at the four-day Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart exhibition organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and scheduled to end the following day.
Microalgae, which has extraordinary potential for cultivation as an energy crop, consumes large quantities of carbon dioxide and produces oxygen through photosynthesis.
During the process of consuming carbon dioxide, microalgae turns carbon dioxide into materials containing oil. The ITRI uses these materials to produce crude lipids that can then be converted into biodiesel. According to the ITRI, one gram of algae will produce 0.5 grams of lipids.
"Taiwan is encircled by the ocean, which makes it very convenient for obtaining microalgae to produce biodiesel, " said Lin Yun-hui, a manager of the ITRI's biofuel laboratory.
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A research institute unveiled Saturday a Taiwan-developed technology for producing biofuel from microalgae, as part of efforts to target the growing environmentally friendly renewable energy industry.
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) , which developed the technology, showed off the process of turning microalgae into biodiesel at the four-day Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart exhibition organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and scheduled to end the following day.
Microalgae, which has extraordinary potential for cultivation as an energy crop, consumes large quantities of carbon dioxide and produces oxygen through photosynthesis.
During the process of consuming carbon dioxide, microalgae turns carbon dioxide into materials containing oil. The ITRI uses these materials to produce crude lipids that can then be converted into biodiesel. According to the ITRI, one gram of algae will produce 0.5 grams of lipids.
"Taiwan is encircled by the ocean, which makes it very convenient for obtaining microalgae to produce biodiesel, " said Lin Yun-hui, a manager of the ITRI's biofuel laboratory.
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