SBIR/STTR Research Award
PROCESS STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY HAS BEEN A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN THE WIDESPREAD COMMERCIALIZATION OF METHANE PRODUCTION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION.
Award amount
$49,984Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- Biochem Technology Inc.
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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Research abstract
PROCESS STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY HAS BEEN A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN THE WIDESPREAD COMMERCIALIZATION OF METHANE PRODUCTION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION. THIS PROCESS IS DEPENDENT THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ON-LINE MONITORING DEVICES WHICH ACCURATELY ASSESS THE ACTIVITY OF THIS POPULATION. THE EFFORT DESCRIBED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF INTRACELLULAR NADH AND FACTOR 420 WILL PROVIDE A REAL-TIME MEANS OF MONITORING THE STATE OF ANACROBIC DIGESTER MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND WHETHER THESE MEASUREMENTS CAN BE USED TO PREDICT PROCESS INSTABILITY OR SHIFTS IN PERFORMANCE.
Technology keywords
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