SBIR Phase I: Delivery systems for the controlled release of bioactive compounds to extend the shelf life of perishable agricultural products

SBIR 第一阶段：控制释放生物活性化合物的输送系统，以延长易腐烂农产品的保质期

• 批准号: 2111796
• 负责人: Benjamin Jones
• 金额: $ 25.5万
• 依托单位: RYP LABS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2111796&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Delivery; systems; controlled

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to reduce the loss of fresh produce due to microbial spoilage during its journey from farm to consumer. These food losses amount to $200 billion per year in direct costs worldwide, as well as an increase the environmental footprint of food production systems. The food spoilage also causes additional potential damage to the environment and human health due to the increased use of synthetic pesticides and preservatives in an effort to prevent loss. This project aims to reduce food spoilage and the unintended consequences by providing safe, effective, and environmentally responsible methods for managing food crops post-harvest.The proposed project focuses on the development of controlled release systems to deliver naturally occurring, safe, anti-fungal essential oil compound (EOC) vapors to protect perishable agricultural produce from spoilage. Several experimental systems have been reported in the literature for the controlled release delivery of the EO vapors but no commercialized solutions yet exist. This highlights the importance of focused research and development needed to develop these EO delivery systems. Concurrently with controlled release systems investigations, crucial testing and modeling capabilities both in house and in an external network are also being developed. These include various volatile quantitation techniques ranging from photoionization detectors (PIDs) to gas chromatography with mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) instruments, test beds, and dynamic and finite element modeling of transport phenomena.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.

这个小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响是减少新鲜农产品在从农场到消费者的过程中由于微生物腐败而造成的损失。这些粮食损失每年在全球造成的直接成本高达 2000 亿美元，并且增加了粮食生产系统的环境足迹。 由于为了防止损失而增加使用合成杀虫剂和防腐剂，食品腐败还对环境和人类健康造成额外的潜在损害。该项目旨在通过提供安全、有效且对环境负责的粮食作物收获后管理方法来减少食品腐败和意外后果。拟议项目的重点是开发控释系统，以提供天然存在的、安全的、抗真菌的精油化合物 (EOC) 蒸气可保护易腐烂的农产品免遭腐败变质。文献中已经报道了几种用于控制释放环氧乙烷蒸气的实验系统，但尚不存在商业化的解决方案。这凸显了开发这些环氧乙烷输送系统所需的集中研究和开发的重要性。在进行受控释放系统研究的同时，内部和外部网络的关键测试和建模功能也在开发中。其中包括各种挥发性定量技术，从光电离检测器 (PID) 到气相色谱质谱仪 (GC-MS)、测试台以及传输现象的动态和有限元建模。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来获得支持。