SBIR/STTR Research Award
RELIABLE AND SAFE SUPPLY OF PROTEIN.
Award amount
$35,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Incon Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
SPIRULINA ALGAE WILL BE USED AS A MEANS TO RECOVER NUTRIENTS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ALGAE WILL RENOVATE THE WASTEWATER IN A COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE MANNER ALLOWING RESEARCHERS TO HARVEST AN ECONOMICAL, RELIABLE AND SAFE SUPPLY OF PRO- TEIN. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS CONCEPT INCLUDE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF A HIGH PROTEIN ALGAE FOOD OR FEED AS WELL AS RECOVERY OF NUTRIENTS AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER.
Technology keywords
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