Kansas State University Scientist and Partners Finds Economics and Physics

Biofuels Journal Date Posted: April 6, 2011

Roadblocks For Algael Biodiesel Production

Manhattan, KS—Companies looking to engineer an eco-friendly diesel fuel have more red lights in their path.

According to Kansas State University researchers, making petroleum diesel completely green would not only bend the laws of physics, it would cost too much green.

"Fossil fuels are limited, and since we can't use more than what Earth offers, a lot of people are looking for alternative fuel sources like algae," said Peter Pfromm, professor of chemical engineering and member of a K-State interdisciplinary team that analyzed oil produced by algae as a source of biodiesel.

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