{"id":708,"date":"2008-11-15T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2008-11-15T04:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:47:00","slug":"msu-researchers-receive-grant-to-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/msu-researchers-receive-grant-to-study.html","title":{"rendered":"MSU Researchers Receive Grant to Study Algae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/162\"><acronym title=\"Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis. Algae is currently being investigated as a possible feedstock for production in biodiesel, jet fuel, and other bioproducts.\">algae<\/acronym><\/a>, which could be a renewable source of <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/168\"><acronym title=\"Is a biofuel produced from various feedstocks including vegetable oils (such as oilseed, rapeseed, and soy beans), animal fat or algae. It can be blended with diesel for use in diesel engine vehicles.\">biodiesel<\/acronym><\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p> The two universities will split the money more or less down the middle, said Brent Peyton, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at MSU and the principal investigator of the grant.<\/p>\n<p> The MSU and Utah State project will screen different kinds of <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/162\"><acronym title=\"Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis. Algae is currently being investigated as a possible feedstock for production in biodiesel, jet fuel, and other bioproducts.\">algae<\/acronym><\/a> to learn which species produce the most oil and which can produce those oils most efficiently. The test <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/162\"><acronym title=\"Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis. Algae is currently being investigated as a possible feedstock for production in biodiesel, jet fuel, and other bioproducts.\">algae<\/acronym><\/a> will come from existing stocks at labs across the country and from field sampling, Peyton said. <\/p>\n<p> Once the researchers find a candidate species, they will grow large numbers of the <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/162\"><acronym title=\"Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis. Algae is currently being investigated as a possible feedstock for production in biodiesel, jet fuel, and other bioproducts.\">algae<\/acronym><\/a> in a &#8220;raceway&#8221; <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/174\"><acronym title=\"Is a vessel in which a chemical process occurs. This usually involves organisms or biochemically active substances derived from such organisms.\">bioreactor<\/acronym><\/a> at Utah State. This 10,000-gallon, climate-controlled water <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/801\"><acronym title=\"A vessel of large size to contain liquids.\">tank<\/acronym><\/a> has machinery that keeps the <a class=\"glossary-term\" href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/glossary\/term\/162\"><acronym title=\"Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis. Algae is currently being investigated as a possible feedstock for production in biodiesel, jet fuel, and other bioproducts.\">algae<\/acronym><\/a> gently moving so that they can grow more efficiently. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biobasednews.com\/node\/19021\">See more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way, have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/feed\/rss.xml\">subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?<\/a>; How about <a href=\"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/mlist\/user\/subscribe.php\">joining the Oilgae mailing list?<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/forum\">our forum to discuss on with others<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a renewable source of biodiesel. 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