Algae Lamp Project

Instead he says that he wants to use these street lamps for carbon sequestration so the algae are not for lighting.

Algae lamp project. A light sensor monitors the light intensity only permitting the leeching of electrons when the lux. Algae are incredibly easy to cultivate requiring only sunlight carbon dioxide co2 and water offering a remarkably simple way of producing energy. Algae is a suspension lamp inspired by this memories resembling an seaweed suspended in the air constantly changing its shape depending on the angle from where you look at it. Algae lamp absorbing 150 200 times more co2 than a tree.

Carbon dioxide is pulled into the chamber through one of the openings and there is a separate part of the chamber with glass walls to flood the green algae with sunlight so they can perform photosynthesis. Algae is a kind of fungi and protozoa that breeds in an aquatic environment. Basically an algae lamp can remove as much co2 in one year as a tree would in its lifetime. Also extracting algae from aquatic environments such as oceans could potentially save fish and other.

It is often found in ponds lakes and streams. I suspect in the movie they use an external light source to provide light to the algae they need light and co2 to grow. The lamp uses the energy created from photosynthesis to produce the. In this lamp the light is white although algae are enclosed throughout the fixture.

For global warming and for the effects it has on our health headaches tiredness difficulty focussing. French biochemist pierre calleja has invented a lamp filled with algae which absorbs co2 from the air. Lamp that absorbs co2 prepared by. The algae emits the light inside the lamp.

Deepak kumar mohapatra 2. The use of two layers give you the chance to diffuse the intensity of the internal color creating a delicate and cheerful atmosphere. Placing the lamp outside in the daylight the algae use sunlight to synthesize foods from co2 and water. Algae lamps is a concept creation of pierre calleja a french biochemist who together with his team at fermentalg designed an eco friendly lamp that houses a culture of algae.

However never in the video did the inventor use the words algae lamp or did he say that the algae are providing energy. Discover it at the innovation convention. Latro advantages research and development conclusion and future scopes 3. In this lamp the algae are housed in a glass case that is above the actual light fixture so the light appears white.

Project on algae lamps in 2013. Its made of two acrylic surfaces which embrace a compact fluorescent tube hiding the entire electronic system. If you watch this 2013 tedx video at 9 35 you see what seems to be algae in a tank giving light. Photosynthesis the food making process of plants lends itself to this technology.

This video is unavailable. Breathing into the handle of the lamp provides the algae with co2 whilst the side spout allows the addition of water and release of oxygen.