Microalgae biochar kiln

POSSIBLE TECH SPECS

• Microalgae strain agnostic/programmable for the machine learned products you want from an unlimited number of machine learned/automated classified endemic strains
• Open source
• Stationary
• Modular
• Light as possible
• Transportable in a shipping container eg.40 foot
• Biomass starter
• Process heat by-product from Pyrolysis for dewatering of the microalgae (could possibly condensate the water for adding to the quenching troughs)
• Energy efficient/self sustaining
• Fossil free
• Self-powered with a heat exchanger and ORC
• Can be augur fed (only moving part)
              - Augur made from steel
              - powered from an electric engine coupled to an ORC with heat exchanger
              - Variables: Pyrolysis temperature, moisture content, controlled by augur speed
• Different stages/batches of continuous pyrolysis at different temperatures for fractionating chemicals eg. lipids, starch, protein, hydrocarbons etc. The temperature changes the ratio of the products of pyrolysis. Could be known as a 'multi-stage rotary kiln'.
• Uses reusable green catalysts, possibly different at each temperature stage
• Airflow with temperature measurement (high grade ?inconel thermocouples)
• Simple & high grade electronics connected to a RPi4 with 10" touchscreen interface running CircuitPython on RPi OS (enclosed in a weather proofed box)
• 3mm HW350 steel housing - Can be left outside with no canopy
• Can be shut down anytime for maintenance
• Standalone. Doesn't need to Integrate with existing infrastructure other than a separate water supply for quenching
          - Australian manufactured
          - ?150k+
          - ?biochar kg/h
• Final product after pyrolysis, Biochar (with NPKS etc.), transferred to freshwater troughs (using desalinated seawater via University of Tokyo's nano fluorine ring membranes) for quenching
• pH balancing in troughs, once quench liquid has cooled microbes added for a BMC product added to compost for agriculture and horticulture
• Biochar earns CORCs from puro.earth

In the future, some parts eg.augur, could be possibly 3D printed by a Rosotics 3D printer:

https://newatlas.com/3d-printing/rosotics-3d-induction-printing/

Seawater->seawater mining->seawater wastewater->microalgae->ML strain recognition->strain isolation->strain culture->microalgae growing in raceway ponds->microalgae harvesting with machinery->protein, neutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals->waste biomass->purpose built microalgae biochar kiln (rotary/TLUD)->recovered chemicals at different temperature stages->biochar->soil->agriculture, horticulture->reversing climate change

The main engineering challenge I see with this is collecting the byproducts of pyrolysis from each temperature stage. Research, design, implementation, testing, development and commercialisation is needed!