Research Objectives
- Long term algal cultivation data in outdoor pond testbeds and the development of Best Management Practices
- Real-time culture health and productivity monitoring
- Molecular diagnostics
- “Open-access” data management with the aim of increasing 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, with focus on nutrient and water recycling
- 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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