SBIR Phase II: On-Farm Algae Production for Livestock Feed and Biofuel

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目计划完善和测试原型设施，用于农场藻类生产和收获的商业化。藻类最初将用于牲畜饲料，将来将用于生物燃料。该项目的目标是一个新兴的全球市场，用于建造农场藻类基础设施。在消费者层面，市场是由消费者对肉类、牛奶、奶酪和鸡蛋中的欧米茄-3健康益处的良好反应驱动的。这项研究的更广泛影响是：增加藻类生产用于动物饲料的科学和技术知识;种植、收获和利用可能被忽视的藻类菌株;改善消费者健康，特别是心血管健康，并减少肥胖;以满足牲畜饲料对藻类的需求;以及建造藻类设施，以便在石油开采技术成熟时能够扩大到生物燃料生产。与陆地农业相比，农场藻类生产节约了能源，并通过使用更少的水，燃料和肥料来保护环境。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project plans to refine and test prototype facilities for commercialization of on-farm algae production and harvesting. Algae will be utilized initially for livestock feed and in future for bio-fuel. The project targets an emerging global market for construction of on-farm algae infrastructure. At the consumer level, the market is driven by favorable consumer response to Omega-3 health benefits in meat, milk, cheese and eggs.The broader impacts of this research are: to increase scientific and technical knowledge of algae production for animal feed; to grow, harvest and utilize algae strains that might otherwise be overlooked; to improve consumer health, especially cardio-vascular health, and reduce obesity; to meet the demand for algae in livestock feed; and to construct algae facilities which will be able to expand into bio-fuel production when oil extraction technologies mature. On-farm algae production conserves energy and protects the environment by using less water, fuel, and fertilizer than land-based farming.