SBIR Phase I: Plant Photomorphogenesis using Adaptive Multispectral LED Arrays in a Rotary Aeroponic Cultivation Chamber (RACC)

SBIR 第一阶段：在旋转气培培养室 (RACC) 中使用自适应多光谱 LED 阵列进行植物光形态发生

• 批准号: 2025920
• 负责人: Ivan Ball
• 金额: $ 25.6万
• 依托单位: HELIPONIX, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025920&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Plant; Photomorphogenesis; using

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to provide a sustainable method to grow healthy produce for individuals at a residential consumer level independent of location, climate, or season of the year. This project will develop new systems to grow produce in spaces with a small footprint, reducing food waste and consumption of potable water and energy. This can provide the capability to enhance cost-effective production in a small space with limited resources. The intellectual merit of this SBIR Phase I project is a new plant cultivation technology, called rotary aeroponics. coupled with a tunable irradiance growth efficiency research light designed to examine how light wavelength and timing can impact plant photomorphogenesis. Rotary aeroponic cultivation is the method of growing plants on a rotating cylindrical tower that is affixed vertically within a controlled environmental chamber. The tower design provides a larger surface area for growing plants in comparison to traditional vertical farming methods, thereby increasing the number of plants grown in a smaller space with less power consumption. The goal of this project is to successfully grow a healthy polyculture assortment of leafy green vegetables in a food-safe environment. The multi-spectra light will be used to learn how to maximize plant yields, minimize food safety risks, and enhance the taste profiles of different plant types.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是提供一种可持续的方法，为居民消费者层面的个人种植健康农产品，而不受地点、气候或一年中季节的影响。 该项目将开发新的系统，在占地面积较小的空间内种植农产品，减少食物浪费以及饮用水和能源的消耗。这可以提供在资源有限的小空间内提高成本效益生产的能力。 SBIR 第一阶段项目的智力优势是一种新的植物栽培技术，称为旋转气培法。与可调辐照度生长效率研究灯相结合，旨在研究光波长和时间如何影响植物光形态建成。旋转气培栽培是在垂直固定在受控环境室内的旋转圆柱形塔上种植植物的方法。与传统的垂直农业方法相比，塔式设计为植物生长提供了更大的表面积，从而以更少的功耗在更小的空间内增加植物的生长数量。该项目的目标是在食品安全的环境中成功种植健康的混养绿叶蔬菜品种。多光谱光将用于学习如何最大限度地提高植物产量，最大限度地降低食品安全风险，并增强不同植物类型的口味特征。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，认为值得支持优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。