TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred System: The algae separator has an outlet in fluid communication with the input port of the conduit for recycling the remaining effluence to the conduit to support growth of high oil content algae cells. The reactor has an exit in fluid communication with the input port of the conduit for recycling the glycerin to the conduit to support growth of high oil content algae cells. The oil separator has an outlet in fluid communication with the input port of the conduit for recycling the remaining cell matter to the conduit to support growth of high oil content algae cells. The remaining cell matter includes biopolymers, and the system further has unit for hydrolyzing the remaining cell matter to reduce the biopolymers therein to smaller subunits, with the hydrolyzing unit being interconnected between the outlet of the separator and the input port of the conduit. The conduit includes a first conduit section (20) formed in a chemostat (18) for growing algae cells, with the first conduit section including a first input port, and oil separator has an outlet in fluid communication with the first input port for recycling the remaining cell matter to the first conduit section to support growth of algae cells. The conduit includes a first conduit section formed in a chemostat for growing algae cells, with the first conduit section including a first input port, and further where the reactor has an exit in fluid communication with the first input port for recycling the glycerin to the first conduit section to support growth of algae cells. The conduit includes a second conduit section formed in a plug flow reactor (22) for increasing the oil content of the algae cells, with the second conduit section including a second input port, and further reactor has an exit in fluid communication with the second input port for recycling the glycerin to the second conduit section to support oil production within the algae cells. The system comprises a conduit for growing algae cells with high oil content, the conduit having an input port, an algae separator in fluid communication with the conduit for removing the algae cells from remaining effluence, with the remaining effluence being a byproduct, a device for lysing the algae cells removed from the conduit to unbind oil from the algae cells, and an oil separator for withdrawing the oil from remaining cell matter, the oil separator having an outlet in fluid communication with the input port of the conduit for recycling the remaining cell matter to the conduit to support growth of high oil content algae cells. The system further contains unit for hydrolyzing the remaining cell matter to reduce the remaining cell matter to smaller subunits, with the hydrolyzing unit being interconnected between the outlet of the separator and the input port of the conduit. The system further contains a reactor for receiving the oil from the oil separator and for synthesizing biofuel and glycerin from the oil, the reactor having an exit in fluid communication with the input port of the conduit for recycling the glycerin to the conduit to support growth of high oil content algae cells. The conduit includes a first conduit section formed in a chemostat for growing algae cells, with the first conduit section including the input port, and where the outlet of the oil separator is in fluid communication with the input port of the first conduit section for recycling the remaining cell matter to the first conduit section to support growth of algae cells. The exit of the reactor is in fluid communication with the input port of the first conduit section for recycling the glycerin to the first conduit section to support growth of algae cells. The conduit includes a second conduit section formed in a plug flow reactor for increasing the oil content of the algae cells, with the second conduit section including an input port, and further the exit of the reactor is in fluid communication with the input port in the second conduit section for recycling the glycerin to the second conduit section to support oil production within the algae cells.