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|name=The Algae Trials | |||
|description= A series of experiments with algae | |||
|author=[[User:Tiefpunkt|Severin]] | |||
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What can we do with algae? Supposedly, algae is a super food, can be used as biofuel, and even be made into yoga mats. Let's give it a shot. | What can we do with algae? Supposedly, algae is a super food, can be used as biofuel, and even be made into yoga mats. Let's give it a shot. | ||
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* Aug 31, afternoon: put the same amounts of water and algae into the bottles. Put the air stone connected to the airpump into one of the bottles and turn it on. | * Aug 31, afternoon: put the same amounts of water and algae into the bottles. Put the air stone connected to the airpump into one of the bottles and turn it on. | ||
* Sep 1, afternoon: feeding. Having not tried this before was probably a bad idea, but let's give a shot. | * Sep 1, afternoon: feeding. Having not tried this before was probably a bad idea, but let's give a shot. I bought a small pipette (one for a 10ml bottle), and gave two fillings of normal plant fertilizer into each bottle. | ||
* Roughly a week later: The algae with the airstone in it seems to have not grown as much as the one without it. We need to repeat this eventually. | |||
=== Experiment 3: Produce a lot of algae === | |||
Setup: | |||
* Algae water from the previous experiments | |||
* Algae reactor | |||
* Light | |||
* Pump | |||
Log: | |||
* Built the algae reactor in a few iterations | |||
** [http://tiefpunkt.tumblr.com/post/128874085262/first-prototype-of-my-algae-reactor-it-was First rough design] was impractical, requires too much work to put together | |||
** [http://tiefpunkt.tumblr.com/post/128899225754/second-iteration-of-the-algae-reactor-sides-are Second design iteration] is a lot easier to built. Need to upload the design somewhere | |||
* Run the algae reactor for a long time: [http://tiefpunkt.tumblr.com/post/129224487617/the-reactor-works-like-a-charm-left-it-running] | |||
* Frequently get the algae out into different bottles and refill the reactor with water and nutrients | |||
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| Description | A series of experiments with algae |
| Author(s) | Severin |
What can we do with algae? Supposedly, algae is a super food, can be used as biofuel, and even be made into yoga mats. Let's give it a shot.
Growing Algae
First series of experiments: how easy is it to grow algelae, and what's the best way to do it?
Getting algae
Mostly, algae seems to be sold as "super food", in a dried und thus pretty dead condition. Getting alive algae was a bit harder, but there are some aquaristic shops in Germany that sell live algae. I decided to use Chlorella algae for this experiment. It seems to be a fatty algae, which is nice since I wanted to try and use it to make biodiesel. It's also a fresh water algae, and happened to be the only fresh water algae the shop I bought it at was selling.
I bought 500ml of "algae", and started the experiments.
Experiment 1: does it grow at all?
Setup:
- 500ml algae
- 500ml water
- 1 1l transparent glass wine bottle
Log
- Aug 28, afternoon: fill algae and water into bottle. Shake. Placed in a somewhat bright spot inside
- next few days: shake regularly
- Aug 31, afternoon: there's some algae floating around the bottle, more than before. So the algae seems to grow. Also, there seems to be enough to do some more experiments.
Experiment 2: how does air help the growing process?
Setup:
- 1l algae water from exp. 1
- 1l water
- 2 1l bottles
- small air stone
- aquarium air pump
Log
- Aug 31, afternoon: put the same amounts of water and algae into the bottles. Put the air stone connected to the airpump into one of the bottles and turn it on.
- Sep 1, afternoon: feeding. Having not tried this before was probably a bad idea, but let's give a shot. I bought a small pipette (one for a 10ml bottle), and gave two fillings of normal plant fertilizer into each bottle.
- Roughly a week later: The algae with the airstone in it seems to have not grown as much as the one without it. We need to repeat this eventually.
Experiment 3: Produce a lot of algae
Setup:
- Algae water from the previous experiments
- Algae reactor
- Light
- Pump
Log:
- Built the algae reactor in a few iterations
- First rough design was impractical, requires too much work to put together
- Second design iteration is a lot easier to built. Need to upload the design somewhere
- Run the algae reactor for a long time: [1]
- Frequently get the algae out into different bottles and refill the reactor with water and nutrients
