Algae in Circular Economy
INTRODUCTION
The development of high value microalgal products based on traditional technologies does not satisfy the economic feasibility of overwhelming capital investments and operations. A wide range of high-value biorefinery products should be produced by use of dynamical photobioreactors and enhanced processes: pigments, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins anti-oxidants and energetical products. To promote the sustainability and circulars economy criterions of this concept the poster presents the milestones of development of the Multisectorial Microalgae Biorefinery Complexes (MMBC) as well as the main sectorial examples and their integration in the biorefinery. The economic potential assessment of microalgae biorefinery was evaluated to highlight the feasibility of the process.
AIMS
- Valorification of own and external research results for implementation of multisectorial complex factories adapted to local conditions, sizes and complexity
- Serving the circular economy and sustainable development criterions, zero carbon, low water & ecological footprint criterions
RESULTS
Multisectorial cases of complexes:
Main complex proposals:
- Nutraceuticals
- Biogas upgrading- LBM
- Biofuels complex 3D
- Power Plants flue gas conversion 3D
- Filling Stations-Silk Road – Annex
- Integrated complexes – Annex
- Connections of industries & complex
Integrated engineering activity for implementation:
- Feasibility studies - based on special requests
- LCA – based on special request
- CO2 converted in microalgae biomass, ecological footprint, water footprint – special based on request
- IPPC, environmental impacts studies
- elaboration of technical documentations for authority approvals
- elaborations of construction documentations
- engineering activity during construction
- launch of production and optimisation parameterse
- Technological and energetical audit - special based on request
- Financial analysis- special based on request
- Proposals of complexes for countries, regions after technical visits, Missions of Growth,
Circular Economy, EU countries, Latin America, China, Japan, Indonesia
Economicity:
- Biogas - biomethan upgrading
Enhanced circular economicity:
Benefits of product paths:
- Good price fluctuation compensating effect
- Low ROI
- LC 25 years, but can be extended by modernization
- Integrated use of resources
- Recycling of wastes
- Carbon trading
- New valuable products
METHODS
- Laboratory research
- Pilot testing
- Selections of processes
- Simulations of upgrading container
- Dynamical photobioreactors
CONCLUSIONS
The MMSC serves the wellbeing, preventions of environment – health protection, diminution of impacts of climate change, global warming, circular economicity and sustainable development
- Adaptability to specific needs of Europe, Asia, America and worldwide
- The implementations represent high social impacts for improving the quality of environment, protection of health, reducing the extreme climate phenomena, production of high number of microalgae, archaea biomass, biooxygen, renewable energies and valuable by-products as for example biofertilizers
- The economical efficiency is very high comparable to traditional processes by decreasing of reactor capacities, investment and operational costs, valuable bioenergetical and biotechnological products, high amount of tradable CO2, oxy-fuel burning in efficient energy production
- The concrete techno-economical parameters and other implementation cases will be determined by feasibility studies
- Boundless perspectives by introducing in industrial use of archaea, combination of processes with other microorganisms, development of technical contests by use of new R+D results
- The use of this complex ensures the biotechnology and bioenergy based sustainable development
- Research and development industrial activity mobilization, economical growth of applicants
- Education of the technology – development of the technology, high level, international, PhD
