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Researcher designs solar collector for algae |
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Keith Klein, a researcher at Sul Ross State University in Alpine,
Texas, is designing a solar collector to distribute light and heat to
grow algae as a biodiesel feedstock. The instrument will include an
insulated algae propagation tank with a parabolic mirror and refractor
to concentrate the plant-feeding part of the light spectrum onto
algae, and the remaining light onto solar cells and a boiler to
produce electricity. The device will enable algae to be grown in
variable climates, he said.
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Tags : algae-cultivation, solar-collector,
Sub Topics - Cultivation,
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