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Regional Algal Feedstock Testbed (RAFT)

  • Long term algal cultivation data in outdoor pond testbeds.
    • Develop Best Management Practices
  • Real-time culture health and productivity monitoring
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • “Open-access” data management
    • Increase sustainability of algae biomass production
  • Optimize biomass productivity using impaired waters
  • Strain selection and crop rotation for year-round cultivation
  • Improve and Refine cultivation and techno-economic models
    • Nutrient and water recycle
  • Patents/Invention Disclosures

ARID Raceway

  • Combined photovoltaic/algae bioreactor
  • Continuous biomass monitoring sensor

Find more information at raft.arizona.edu

Contact: Kimberly Ogden
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering


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