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

这一小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目计划改进和测试农场藻类生产和收获商业化的原型设施。藻类最初将被用作牲畜饲料，未来将被用作生物燃料。该项目的目标是建设养殖场藻类基础设施的新兴全球市场。在消费者层面，市场是由消费者对肉、奶、奶酪和鸡蛋中欧米茄-3有益健康的良好反应推动的。这项研究的更广泛影响是：增加动物饲料藻类生产的科学和技术知识；种植、收获和利用原本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，减少肥胖；满足牲畜饲料中的藻类需求；以及建设藻类设施，这些设施将能够在石油开采技术成熟后扩展到生物燃料生产。农场藻类生产比陆地养殖使用更少的水、燃料和化肥，从而节省能源和保护环境。

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.