SBIR Phase I: Novel Lighting Source for Bioreactors using Plasma-Shell Technology

SBIR 第一阶段：使用等离子壳技术的生物反应器新型光源

• 批准号: 1315266
• 负责人: Adeline Miermont
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1315266&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Novel; Lighting; Source

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to develop Plasma-Shell technology for incorporation into large, highly efficient and easily scalable, and conformable lighting sources for use in photobioreactors. Plasma-Shells are small gas encapsulating devices that emit light when energized. Plasma-Shell lighting systems offer opportunity not available with currently available lighting technology including LEDs and high intensity discharge lamps. Specifically, Plasma-Shells offer the ability to produce a large area diffuse light that does not saturate the algae mass. Additionally, the Plasma-Shell array systems will improve efficiency and scalability of photobioreactors with a low cost, submersible, thin, flexible, ultra-large area, rugged, light source. The parameters of the Plasma-shell lighting system also will be easily tunable to adapt to the needs of different algae species, such as different wavelengths and variable illumination intensity and duration. Under this SBIR, a prototype Plasma-Shell light source will be designed and fabricated for use in a photobioreactor. The proposed systems will be submersible and have a surface area of several feet and a thickness of a quarter inch. This novel lighting source will prove to be crucial for achieving highly efficient production of algae in photobioreactors. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project, if successful, will be a novel technology that will provide a large, cost-effective, diffuse, easily scalable, and conformable light source for use in photobioreactors. This research has high commercial potential as the end product will be more efficient and scalable than the current light sources for photobioreactors. Lighting is the key to improved efficiency and scale up of photobioreactor systems. Efficient scalable bioreactors will lead to greater production of algae for use in pharmaceuticals, food supplements, livestock feed, fertilizer, carbon dioxide sequestration, oxygen production, water purification, and green energy. It is anticipated that the proposed novel system will compare favorably to existing lighting source and thus, become a critical component in many photobioreactor designs. The lighting system designed under this SBIR is intended to be sold as custom and/or off-the-shelf photobioreactor lighting system to satisfy the growing market for photobioreactors. Reduced costs and improved yield will allow algae to be economically produced for current applications and emerging markets such as biofuels.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目建议开发等离子体壳技术，用于集成到大型，高效，易于扩展和整合的照明光源中，用于光生物反应器。 等离子壳是小型气体封装装置，通电时会发光。 等离子体外壳照明系统提供了目前可用的照明技术（包括LED和高强度放电灯）无法提供的机会。 具体地说，等离子体壳提供了产生大面积漫射光的能力，而不会使藻类物质饱和。 此外，Plasma-Shell阵列系统将提高光生物反应器的效率和可扩展性，具有低成本，可潜水，薄，灵活，超大面积，坚固耐用的光源。 等离子壳照明系统的参数也将很容易调整，以适应不同藻类物种的需要，如不同的波长和可变的照明强度和持续时间。 在此SBIR，原型等离子体壳光源将被设计和制造用于光生物反应器。 拟议的系统将是潜水式的，表面积为几英尺，厚度为四分之一英寸。 这种新型光源将被证明是至关重要的实现高效生产藻类的光生物反应器。 该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力，如果成功的话，将是一种新的技术，将提供一个大的，具有成本效益的，漫射的，易于扩展的，和适形的光源用于光生物反应器。 这项研究具有很高的商业潜力，因为最终产品将比目前用于光生物反应器的光源更有效和可扩展。 照明是提高光生物反应器系统效率和扩大规模的关键。 高效的可扩展生物反应器将导致藻类的更多生产，用于药物、食品补充剂、牲畜饲料、肥料、二氧化碳封存、氧气生产、水净化和绿色能源。 预计所提出的新系统将与现有的照明源相媲美，从而成为许多光生物反应器设计中的关键部件。 根据本SBIR设计的照明系统旨在作为定制和/或现成的光生物反应器照明系统销售，以满足不断增长的光生物反应器市场。 降低成本和提高产量将使藻类能够经济地生产，用于当前的应用和新兴市场，如生物燃料。