SBIR/STTR Research Award
Phase II: Solar-Powered Refrigeration for Reliable Off-Grid Storage and Distribution of Fresh Produce
Award amount
$650,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- RADIANT INNOVATION LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-11
- Contract end date
- 2025-08-31
- UEI
- KKFDZMGJ2K66
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009642
- Topic code
- 8.5
Research abstract
ProjectSummary
Lackofavailabilityofreliabledistributedcoldstorageco-locatedwithfoodproductionand
distributionposeslimitationsforlocalfoodsupplychainsforfarmersandmarketers.Radiant
InnovationLLC(Radiant)seekstoaddressthedemandforclimatefriendlyoff-gridcoldstorage
andincollaborationwithColoradoStateUniversity(CSU)proposestocalibrateanddeployour
model-predictive-controlstrategywithfoodquality/safetyassessmentintooursolar-powered
refrigeratedcontainersforreliableoff-gridcoldstoragetosupportlocalfooddistribution.The
modelwillintegratedynamicweatherforecastingandmodel-trainingtosustainreliablebattery
energymanagementandovercomelimitationsofothersolar-poweredcoldstoragesystems.
Radiantproposestoachievethefollowingtechnicalobjectivesforfacilitatingcommercial
deploymentofoff-gridsolar-poweredrefrigeratedshippingcontainers:1)improvethermaland
ventilationmodelsforpredictivecontrolswithdata-drivenmodeltrainingforoff-gridoperation;
2)integratefoodqualityandsafetyforventilationderivedfromtestinginR&Dsolar-powerunit;
and3)developacommercializationstrategytoaccessmarketsthataddressUSDAstrategicgoals
forfoodsafetyfoodaccessandeconomicdevelopment. Successfulcontrolsdevelopmentand
demonstrationforreliableoff-gridoperationofsolar-poweredrefrigeratedcontainerswilldrive
customerconfidenceintheseunitsforreliabledistributedcoldstorage.
InthiseffortRadiantwillestablishasolar-poweredrefrigerationresearchunittousefor
controlledexperimentsinimplementingdesignchanges;updateanddeployenergyand
air-conditioningmodelsforcloud-basedmodel-predictivecontrolsandadaptivemodeltraining;
developandtestmodelsforassessingfreshproducequalityandproliferationoffoodborne
pathogensformaintainingfoodsafety;refineenergyair-conditioningandfood-storagecontrol
modelsforcommercialdeployment;anddevelopcommercializationstrategiesforlocal/regional
foodsupplychains.
AttheendofPhaseIIRadiantwillhavevalidateddesignchangesthatprovidecustomerswith
reliablecoldstorageinavarietyofclimatezonesandacrossvariousweatherevents.Thegoalof
thisworkistoshowthatproducestoredintheoff-gridunitsmaintainssafetyandsalabilityat
leastaslongason-gridcommercialcoldstorageoptions.Thesetwocomponentswillgive
customersconfidenceinthisoff-gridcoldstoragesolutionandallowRadianttoexpandsalesto
customerswhodesireareliableclimate-friendlyoff-grideasilydeployablecoldstorageoption.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- ELEVATING FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS: REAL-TIME FECAL MATTER DETECTION IN POULTRY PROCESSING
- Innovative Food Processing Utilizing Whole Apples to Produce a Novel Drink, Reducing Food Waste and Enhancing Nutritional Value
- Development of a Dual-wavelength 222 nm/405 nm Light-based Disinfection System for Advanced Food Safety
- ReadyBAR: Advanced Nutrition Technology for Emergency Response Personnel
- Upcycling Lactose-Rich Waste Streams for the Production of Tagatose: A Low-Calorie Sweetener
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2022–2023). Reported award amounts total $825,000. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Agriculture