Innoventures Canada ICAN Carbon Algae Recycling System

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Innoventures Canada (I-CAN)Carbon Algae
Recycling System

• Presentation to
• Bio World Congress
• Montreal, Quebec
• July 21, 2009
• Quinn Goretzky
• Project Manager
• Innoventures Canada

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Overview

• Research Project
• Stage I Results
• Consortia
• Stage II

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Research Project

• Research Microalgae Photosynthesis
• Able to directly utilize flue gas
• Fixation of CO2 through algae photosynthesis
• Adapt and speed up Mother Nature

• Carbon Algae Recycling System

• Combines both CO2 conversion and Biomass based
  energy production

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Research Project
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Stage 1 Results
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Stage 1 Results CARS Value Chain
CARS operator -Uses raw materials from
industry -Earns revenues through value added
products
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (CO2 and low grade waste heat)
Raw material supplier for CARS
CARS FACILITY COSTS Capital cost 2,328,161
821,213 /ha Operating cost 24,302 /ha (Cost
of CO2 as a raw material, calculated after 100
loading of all other costs 185 - 742 /Tonne
However, this is not the true cost of CO2)
CARS VALUE ADDED PROCESSING -Algae
diesel -Animal Feed -Nitrogen Fertilizer -Ethanol
CARS REVENUE STREAMS -Algae Diesel3.46 11.65
/gallon Others (to be modeled) - - -
Payback for CARS Operator (based on diesel
revenue stream only) 6.86 years
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Consortia

• Integrate existing expertise and facilities to
  address key national challenges
• 2,300 scientists, 20 communities, 8 provinces, 10
  member organizations
• Drive research to reality quicker for our
  collective benefit
• Support companies through collective resources
  and connections

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Consortia
Government of Canada
Province of Alberta
Province of Quebec
Mosaic Potash
Encana
I-CAN CARS Consortium
Suncor
PetroCanada
New Brunswick Power
Royal Dutch Shell
EPCOR
Graymont Mining
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Consortia
I-CAN member resources
Solutions Commercialized Globally
Government / Public Interest


I-CAN creates solutions for Canadas toughest
problems

Jobs / Taxes
Challenge Balancing economic growth
environmental stewardship
Environment



Industry
Public Benefit
I-CAN members world connections
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Stage II
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Stage II
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Stage II

• Stage II Work Plan
• Genetics and strain selection
• Engineering and production
• System integration and
• optimization
• Demonstration facility

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Stage II

• Targets
• Phase 1
• Alpha pond (1mx5m) for testing and designing the
  lighting system, maintaining the pond
  temperature, testing pond covers, flue gas
  contacting system
• Bench scale testing of algae mixing, harvesting,
  separation, biofloculation and mechanical
  separation
• Algae strain selection for target productivities

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Stage II

• Take light deeper into pond
• Goal increase productivity per M2 area
• More growth more CO2 absorbed

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Stage II

• Phase 2
• Optimizing pond operation variables in beta pond
  (1mx20m)
• Preliminary drying and value-added processing
• Algae strains for a target 20g/m2/day yield and
  25 lipid content

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Stage II

• Phase 3
• Build pilot pond (2 mx100m)
• Algae growth and harvesting optimization
• Value added processing testing for different end
  products
• Scaling up to a demo pond (Stage III)

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Stage II
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Stage II

• Canadian Fertilizers Facilities
• Original plant construction started in 1974 and
  was complete in 1976
• Two products anhydrous ammonia and granular
  urea
• Original base operations consisted of 2 ammonia
  plants producing 640,000 tonnes/year and 1 urea
  plant producing 475,000 tonnes/year
• Debottleneck efforts over the years have now put
  ammonia production at 1,100,000 tonnes/year and
  urea at 750,000 tonnes/year

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Stage II

• From the Medicine Hat Airport to the CFL Plant
  Site
• From the Medicine Hat airport, take Highway 3
  North to Highway 1, then proceed west on Highway
  1 to the Brier Park Rd exit (at the top of the
  hill). Take this exit north until Brier Park Rd
  curves west.
• Turn right (north) onto Box Springs Road past the
  old Methanex Plant for 1.7 KM, then turn right
  (east), proceed 1 KM.

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For More Information Contact

• Innoventures Canada
• http//www.i-can.ca/
• I-CAN Microalgae Project Leader
• Quinn Goretzky
• Project Manager,
• Carbon and Energy Management
• Alberta Research Council
• Phone [phone]
• E-Mail quinn.goretzky_at_arc.ab.ca

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