Univenture established AlgaeVenture Systems to address the growth of algae in industrial and agricultural areas in Ohio and other Midwest areas that demonstrated opportunities for algae farms to be located near existing waste and water sources, creating opportunities to develop a variety of products - including fuels - while cleaning up land and water waste.
The company focuses on manufacturing and installing simplified greenhouse ponds near power plants, wastewater plants, farm waste facilities, food processing plants and other locations where the geography and climate support algae growth year-round.
"Algae farmers can grow food, feed or fuel, and can change crops and be ready for harvest in less than 20 days," Youngs said. "Algae can protect fuel supplies because it can be grown virtually anywhere in the United States, and can benefit national security by decentralizing the fuel supply and reducing our dependence on foreign oil."
AlgaeVenture Systems' technology - developed by studying processes that exist in nature - utilizes a variety of methods of moving water, including capillary effect, cohesion, absorption and transpiration pull - the method used by trees and plants to move water from their roots to the highest growth, often hundreds of feet straight up.
"The process is counterintuitive," Youngs said, "because with so much water and so little algae, it is natural to want to move the algae. But moving water instead is very efficient, and all water is recycled."
AlgaeVenture Systems' prototype is scalable and portable, and can be custom made to a customer's specifications. While designed specifically for microalgae, the invention is applicable to several other separating and dewatering applications.
The company focuses on manufacturing and installing simplified greenhouse ponds near power plants, wastewater plants, farm waste facilities, food processing plants and other locations where the geography and climate support algae growth year-round.
"Algae farmers can grow food, feed or fuel, and can change crops and be ready for harvest in less than 20 days," Youngs said. "Algae can protect fuel supplies because it can be grown virtually anywhere in the United States, and can benefit national security by decentralizing the fuel supply and reducing our dependence on foreign oil."
AlgaeVenture Systems' technology - developed by studying processes that exist in nature - utilizes a variety of methods of moving water, including capillary effect, cohesion, absorption and transpiration pull - the method used by trees and plants to move water from their roots to the highest growth, often hundreds of feet straight up.
"The process is counterintuitive," Youngs said, "because with so much water and so little algae, it is natural to want to move the algae. But moving water instead is very efficient, and all water is recycled."
AlgaeVenture Systems' prototype is scalable and portable, and can be custom made to a customer's specifications. While designed specifically for microalgae, the invention is applicable to several other separating and dewatering applications.
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