SBIR Phase I: Application of Pulsed Electric Fields to the Extraction of Oil From Algae

SBIR 第一阶段：脉冲电场在从藻类中提取油中的应用

• 批准号: 1013814
• 负责人: Ian Roth
• 金额: $ 14.81万
• 依托单位: DIversified Technologies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1013814&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Application; Pulsed; Electric

This SBIR Phase I project will develop a device for pretreatment of algal cells with a pulsed electric field to facilitate oil extraction. The innovation is the optimization of a pulsed electric field to an algal culture. The main activities of the Phase 1 project will be to develop the pulsed electric field device, optimize the parameters, and assess cost effectiveness. The long term goal is to integrate the optimized pulsed electric field system with the algal bio-fuel industry.The broader/commercial impact of the project will be that successful development of the proposed pulsed electric field system and its integration with the algal bio-fuel system will have a positive impact on the algae-derived bio-fuel industry, if proven cost effective. The benefits of PEF processing in biofuel production are simple and straightforward. If PEFpretreatment can reduce the costs of producing biofuels, these renewable energy sources become more competitive with petroleum products. The resulting increased demand for biofuels reduces the demand for imported oil, and keeps energy dollars in the US economy. As the oil price spike last summerdemonstrated, adoption of alternative, renewable fuels will happen extremely rapidly once they are less costly than oil.

SBIR第一阶段项目将开发一种利用脉冲电场预处理藻类细胞的装置，以促进石油开采。 本发明的创新之处在于优化了脉冲电场对藻类培养的影响。 第一阶段项目的主要活动将是开发脉冲电场设备，优化参数，并评估成本效益。 长期目标是将优化的脉冲电场系统与藻类生物燃料工业相结合。该项目的更广泛/商业影响将是，如果证明具有成本效益，成功开发拟议的脉冲电场系统及其与藻类生物燃料系统的结合将对藻类衍生生物燃料工业产生积极影响。 生物燃料生产中的PEF处理的好处简单而直接。如果PEFpretreatment可以降低生产生物燃料的成本，这些可再生能源与石油产品相比更具竞争力。由此产生的对生物燃料需求的增加减少了对进口石油的需求，并使美国经济中的能源美元保持不变。正如去年夏天油价飙升所表明的那样，一旦替代性可再生燃料的成本低于石油，它们的采用将非常迅速。