Where can we turn to prior work?
- Is Fractionation actually necessary, or do some species produce a favorable output of lipids for direct use as a fuel?
- What are the best species for algae biofuels?
- What is the conversion factor of algae mass to oil by different process?
- through pyrolysis?
- through methanolysis?
- How much do we expect to lost during the conversion (evaporation, transferring, etc)?
- how quickly does algae grow?
- By species
- by light exposure
- by nutrient
- by time
- What mass gets converted to oil? Just lipids?
- (implicit evidence: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734975007000262?casa_token=a6zOoXuHro8AAAAA:T8F-QQD-bVUZ73ky9P02EfMwFFRzUNBVflkSMvkLwLYVv8M8lxIbbxK7YM8ZrYHSMYc71jbGSwQ)
- Some algae have significant lipid mass! Great.
- Algae Lipid Mass Fraction
- What water conditions dissolve more CO2?
- What light conditions are best for specific species of algae?
- What pigments are used by each type of algae?
- what type of photosynthesis is used by each type of algae?