Investigadores do RIT criam biocombustível a partir de algas

(Notícia em Inglês)
Imagine using algae and wastewater to fuel your car. Now imagine that the process of creating fuel cleans the water so significantly that it is fit to send back into Lake Ontario. That is just what researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology envisioned, and their research may someday make it a reality.

The idea came two years ago when Eric Lannan, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at RIT, was thinking about a topic for his master’s thesis.

Lannan and his thesis advisor, professor Ali Ogut, came up with the idea of converting algae into biodiesel fuel.

“I looked into research,” said Lannan. “Once I saw it was somewhat feasible ... that’s kind of where it started.”

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