What would the cost of implementing this technology be? Will the algae die? The plastics used to host the scrubber also harm the environment – is there an alternative? The scrubber is not exactly attractive – how can we make it more appealing to increase its implementation? This idea seems viable, and could be mass produced.
Janet Barclay
PhD Student
Your algae scrubber sounds very easy to implement, which is great! Can you clarify how it is unique from other small-scale algae scrubbers such as the instructables reference from your paper?
Gillian Puttick
Senior Scientist
Nice work building a prototype of this system! Could you make a more specific guesstimate about the possible impact of your plan on CO2 reduction, e.g., how many would be needed to make a measurable impact?
Constance Roco
PhD Graduate Student
Neat idea and it is really cool you made a prototype. Do you think any type of algae could be used for this? Or are there some algae out there that might be more efficient at converting CO2 & sung light into biomass that could help make this process more efficient?
Ashley Richter
Cultural Heritage Diagnostics Engineering
Wonderful work with your test experiments!
Where do you foresee people using their algae scrubbers—at home? At work? At school? Which location or combination of locations would have the greatest impact on CO2 reduction/make it more likely that people will actually set up and take care of their algae scrubber system?