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Kingsburgh Sewage Project in Durban Aims at Fuel from Algae

May 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments | Posted in Algae-Harvesting

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Durban is helping to develop a new liquid fuel technology which involves harvesting tiny plants and nutrients from local sewage works.

Unlike other plant-based biofuels which require vast tracts of fertile farmland or the diversion of food crops into fuel tanks, the Durban experiment involves growing algae in semi-purified sewage water and then converting these microscopic plant organisms into a liquid fuel that can power diesel cars and trucks.

Engineers are about to start converting part of the Kingsburgh sewage treatment works into a biodiesel farming experiment as part of a two-year scientific pilot project run by the Durban University of Technology’s school of water and wastewater technology.

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    hello,
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