Current research in the area of biofuels includes a major R&D program with Solix Biofuels and the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab to develop photobioreactors for the mass production of algae as a biodiesel feedstock. Designing and building a Photobioreactor (PBR) that produces oil at a competitive price requires precise delivery of sunlight and the photobiological formula to each algae cell in the system.
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