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