SBIR Phase I: The Emerald Tutu

SBIR 第一阶段：翡翠芭蕾舞裙

• 批准号: 2016199
• 负责人: Gabriel Cira
• 金额: $ 25.6万
• 依托单位: EMERALD TUTU INC, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2022-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2016199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Emerald; Tutu

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to provide a nearshore (just offshore of inhabited coastal land, in shallow water) solution to reduce coastal flooding. The proposed project addresses a need to lessen heavy flood protection solutions based on carbon-intensive concrete in the form of seawalls and other barriers. This project will prototype an interconnected network of floating growth mats, made to seed marsh grass above the water and seaweed below. The heavy biomass of these mats and their network properties as a large interconnected group provides wave and storm surge reduction. A proposed turnkey kit offers a low-cost system, readily deployable and expandable over time. Additionally, as a floating park-like marine landscape, it has many co-benefits to the surrounding communities. As plant-based infrastructure, it serves as a site for native marsh grasses and local seaweeds to populate, providing new habitats and improving water quality. This SBIR Phase I project is a natural coastal resilience technology designed to be pre-fabricated, modular, and easy to implement for a variety of coastal environments and communities. The technology consists of robust vegetated mats linked in a network and deployed in the nearshore. The mats are colonized by local varieties of semi-aquatic marsh flora above the water line, and aquatic seaweeds below. Research objectives to validate this approach include comparing mat network performance in a range of flow conditions, including extreme waves, to inform mat design. A second research thrust will measure biomass accumulation and ecological performance through in situ deployments of mat structures.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是提供一个近岸（近海有人居住的沿海土地，在浅水）解决方案，以减少沿海洪水。拟议的项目解决了减少以海堤和其他屏障形式的碳密集型混凝土为基础的重型防洪解决方案的需要。该项目将建立一个浮动生长垫的互联网络原型，用于在水面上种植沼泽草，在水面下种植海藻。这些垫的重生物量和它们作为一个大的相互连接的组的网络特性提供了波浪和风暴潮减少。拟议的成套工具提供了一个低成本系统，可随时部署和扩展。此外，作为一个浮动公园般的海洋景观，它对周围社区有许多共同利益。作为基于植物的基础设施，它是本地沼泽草和当地海藻的栖息地，提供新的栖息地并改善水质。SBIR第一阶段项目是一种天然的沿海弹性技术，旨在预制，模块化，易于实施，适用于各种沿海环境和社区。该技术包括连接在网络中并部署在近岸的坚固的植被垫。垫是殖民地由当地品种的半水生沼泽植物群以上的水线，和水生海藻以下。验证这种方法的研究目标包括在一系列流动条件下（包括极端波浪）比较垫网络性能，以告知垫设计。 第二个研究重点将通过垫结构的原位部署来测量生物量积累和生态性能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。