Oxygen Producing Algae Lamp In India

 

Oxygen Producing Algae Lamp In India 

Algae is used in India for treating the sewage in open/natural oxidation ponds This reduces the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) of the sewage and also provides algal biomass which can be converted to fuel. But now a days new concept from west emerging into India, Oxygen Producing Lamp. 

Amuktika Industries with its groups of Researchers & Scientists working on developing various technologies starting from selling various algae culture to Algae growth foods. 

Types of application 

Living Things Furniture

This line of photosynthetic furniture and fixtures uses microalgae (effectively a "liquid plant") to bring bright green accents to modern spaces, while simultaneously providing light and much-needed nutrients. Architectural designer Jacob Douenias and industrial designer Ethan Frier partnered to create Living Things, a spirulina-based line of lamps and algae-integrated tables that improve their environment and enable a healthier lifestyle for their human owners. The living algae housed within the luminous green liquid-filled lamps recycle light, heat and carbon dioxide, reducing energy needs and cleaning the surrounding air -- like ultra-efficient houseplants for the next generation.

Urban Algae Folly

EcoLogicStudio's Urban Algae Folly is an elevated, angular building that grows spirulina (a form of microalgae) in tubes. The sun-loving algae grows denser as it thrives, creating a shaded canopy for passersby. The tiny plants can be harvested and converted into biomass for fuel, or consumed by humans as nutritious food. Microalgae-based structures like Urban Algae Folly can reportedly clean ten times as much carbon dioxide from the surrounding air than large trees, making this concept a perfect fit for polluted urban centers around the world.

The freeway algae farm

Perhaps nowhere on Earth is the concentration of carbon dioxide emissions greater than on major roadways, where vehicle traffic coughs out tons of greenhouse gases each year. In Switzerland, the French and Dutch-based Cloud Collective created an urban algae farm on a busy highway in an effort to combat those very emissions and generate a little renewable energy at the same time. The system is comprised of a network of translucent pipes affixed to the side of a regular overpass, through which microalgae flow, feeding on the carbon dioxide emissions from the passing cars below. Because algae consumes carbon dioxide and emits pure oxygen, this sort of urban farm is highly effectively for cleaning the air in the most polluted of places.

Subham Das, 

Co-Founder, Amuktika & Zero Waste India 

Sources: https://www.engadget.com/2016-11-12-six-green-designs-powered-by-algae.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuel (For Education Purpose Only)