Two students from Zainab School of Basic and Secondary Education have come up with a way to extract biofuels from algae oil, with a view to controlling the increase in smoke from fossil fuel combustion, and preserving the environment using materials that have less impact on it.
The two students presented their project at the Science, Technology and Innovation Festival currently organized by the Ministry of Education in Dubai.
The two students, Shama Walid Al-Shehhi, and Nouf Suhail Al-Shamsi, reported that they spent months researching and focusing on a sustainable alternative (algal fuel), under the supervision of Master Wijdan Erekat, and using it on a continuous basis will not negatively affect the environment, as studies have proven that biofuels are safer when Combustion, and less emission of air pollutants.
They explained that extracting oil from algae goes through several stages, including collecting algae, using an electric mixer to grind it, and then putting it in water for a specified period, until the oil is isolated from it, and they conducted an experiment to extract oil from algae in the school laboratory. The two students pointed out that the project contributes to reducing the use of fossil fuels for cars, electricity and machinery, and reduces the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere until its ratio becomes balanced, which reduces the effects of global warming, in addition to reducing the proportion of gases emitted, until the proportion of acid rain that affects the Aquatic plants and animals, and the project will contribute to mild climate and reduce mortality from polluted air.