Ternion Bio

BioFuels

Companies and governments across the globe are looking for ways to mass-produce biofuels, and many new biofuel refineries are being built worldwide. Currently in the U.S. and Canada there are at least 169 bio diesel plants alone that are looking for feedstock and alternatives to the feedstock in use today at those facilities.

Some companies have figured out how to create fuel from algae, but they have not figured out how to produce and refine large amounts of feedstock. This is where Ternion Bio will help. Our Photo BioReactors will generate high volumes of algae as part of our carbon recycling process. Ternion Bio intends to become the major supplier of algae for biofuel production.

biofuels from photosynthetic algae have potential benefits and advantages.

  • Algae can be grown using land and water unsuitable for plant or food production, unlike some other first- and second-generation biofuel feedstocks.
  • Select species of algae produce bio-oils through the natural process of photosynthesis — requiring only sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. 
  • Growing algae consume carbon dioxide; this provides greenhouse gas mitigation benefits.
  • Bio-oil produced by photosynthetic algae and the resultant biofuel will have molecular structures that are similar to the petroleum and refined products we use today. 
  • Algae have the potential to yield greater volumes of biofuel per acre of production than other biofuel sources. Algae could yield more than 2000 gallons of fuel per acre per year of production. Approximate yields for other fuel sources are far lower:
    - Palm — 650 gallons per acre per year
    - Sugar cane — 450 gallons per acre per year
    - Corn — 250 gallons per acre per year
    - Soy — 50 gallons per acre per year
  • Algae used to produce biofuels are highly productive.  As a result, large quantities of algae can be grown quickly, and the process of testing different strains of algae for their fuel-making potential can proceed more rapidly than for other crops with longer life cycles. 
  • If successful, bio-oils from photosynthetic algae could be used to manufacture a full range of fuels including gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel that meet the same specifications as today’s products.