Welcome to our new and improved comments, which are for subscribers only.
This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.
You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.
You will need to register before adding a comment.
Typed comments will be lost if you are not logged in.
Please be polite.
It's OK to disagree with someone's ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban.
If you see comments in violation of our community guidelines, please report them.
UM researchers get algae biofuel grant
Associated Press
Published 8:19 a.m. ET Oct. 8, 2018 | Updated 8:22 a.m. ET Oct. 8, 2018
Ann Arbor – University of Michigan researchers will use a $2 million Energy department grant toward finding ways to use algae as a biofuel source for diesel engines.
The Ann Arbor school says they will work with Penn State University researchers to evaluate how best to grow algae, transform it into a diesel fuel and maximize its performance during the combustion process.
Algae-based biofuels are seen as an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional diesel fuels, which produce high levels of greenhouse gases when they burn.
Biology professor Bradley Cardinale says the researchers are “one of the first teams in the world to go all the way from designing sustainable biofuel feedstocks in outdoor ponds, to refining fuel so that it runs a diesel engine in a cleaner, more environmentally friendly way.”
Read or Share this story: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/education/2018/10/08/university-michigan-algae-biofuel-grant/38086911/
Join the Conversation
To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs
Comments