I'm helping a school students group who want to develop a basic lamp with algae and luminescent bacteria. It is not my field of action but they are really motivated with this idea...
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Dear Sir. Concerning your issue about how to create algae or bacteria powered lamps. The Dutch designer created the Ambio for her graduation project at Eindhoven’s Design Academy. It began as an investigation into how we might be able to use new forms of energy to create lighting. Van Dongen got in touch with some of her old biology professors and started experimenting with bioluminescent algae, but it turned out that algae is able to only briefly spark with light every 30 minutes rather than emitting a long-lasting illumination. Photobacterium bacteria, on the other hand, is capable of glowing for long periods of time so long as it’s exposed to oxygen. Pure mercury (Hg) low pressure lamps are more dependant on ambient temperature than amalgam lamps. By adding amalgam the Hg vapor pressure is reduced. The operator has to make sure that this temperature is kept within tight limits. If the lamp is cooled down locally (e.g. by local air beam) mercury may condense and cause early failure. Please refer also to the information on dimmable ballasts I think the following below links may help you in your analysis:
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/lamp-whose-light-comes-bioluminescent-bacteria/ https://labiotech.eu/bioluminescent-bacteria-and-algae-lighting/
https://www.z-e-d.com/documents/ls/Generals_UV-Lamps_2011.pdf
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Dear Sir. Concerning your issue about how to create algae or bacteria powered lamps. The Dutch designer created the Ambio for her graduation project at Eindhoven’s Design Academy. It began as an investigation into how we might be able to use new forms of energy to create lighting. Van Dongen got in touch with some of her old biology professors and started experimenting with bioluminescent algae, but it turned out that algae is able to only briefly spark with light every 30 minutes rather than emitting a long-lasting illumination. Photobacterium bacteria, on the other hand, is capable of glowing for long periods of time so long as it’s exposed to oxygen. Pure mercury (Hg) low pressure lamps are more dependant on ambient temperature than amalgam lamps. By adding amalgam the Hg vapor pressure is reduced. The operator has to make sure that this temperature is kept within tight limits. If the lamp is cooled down locally (e.g. by local air beam) mercury may condense and cause early failure. Please refer also to the information on dimmable ballasts I think the following below links may help you in your analysis:
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/lamp-whose-light-comes-bioluminescent-bacteria/ https://labiotech.eu/bioluminescent-bacteria-and-algae-lighting/
https://www.z-e-d.com/documents/ls/Generals_UV-Lamps_2011.pdf
Thanks
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