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