Award Number: DE-EE0008519CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15Bioenergy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): CAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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October 23, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE000851
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to MicroBio Engineering Inc. (MBE) to develop and validate a model for chemically enhanced carbon dioxide transfer across the air-water interface of large raceway ponds used for the production of microalgal biomass. MBE and subrecipients would investigate the suitability of various algae strains for this novel growth process with laboratory reactors, indoor pond simulator experiments, and small outdoor ponds. The project aims to demonstrate model feasibility for advanced biofuel applications by cultivating selected strains at high productivity; however, the scope of the proposed project would be limited to algae production experiments ranging from indoor bench-scale studies to pilot-scale field trials with approximately 1-acre ponds.