TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Estimation Tender in USA - 42312786

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Country: USA

Summary: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Estimation of Alga Growth Stage and Lipid Content Growth Rate (TOP2-227)

Deadline: 17 Apr 2021

Posting Date: 18 Apr 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 42312786

Document Ref. No.: T2P-ARC-00046

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: -

Tender Value: Refer Document

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22313000 - Transfers

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Estimation of Alga Growth Stage and Lipid Content Growth Rate (TOP2-227)
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : T2P-ARC-00046
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office : NASA HEADQUARTERS
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Original Published Date: Apr 17, 2020 02:49 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Apr 17, 2021 05:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: May 02, 2021
Initiative: None
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Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
NAICS Code: 927110 - Space Research and Technology
Place of Performance:
Description
NASA s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.
THE TECHNOLOGY:
NASA has invented a novel technology for estimating algae growth stages and lipid content using light absorption or reflection in selected wavelengths. This invention provides simultaneous information about both algae growth and lipid content and it does not depend solely on the time of growth. It implicitly includes variables due to environmental parameters such as nutrient deprivation or other stresses. This is helpful for subsequent processing of the algae into nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, fertilizer, or biofuels.
This invention, provides a method using light in different wavelength ranges to estimate (i) algae growth stage and (ii) algae growth rates in media (e.g., fresh water or marine water). Absorption of light is measured for a beam having a specified light intensity in each of two or more specified narrow wavelength ranges. Optionally, light absorption is corrected for absorption in the same wavelength range by the medium. Then absorption of light is compared with a reference set of absorption values for the algae at different growth stages. Algorithm is applied to determine differences between measured absorption values and reference absorption values to estimate growth stage. Compensation for light reflection from a liquid (absent algae) is similar. Lipid content of the algae is measured at each of a selected set of growth stages. The estimated growth stage is correlated with a time variable to estimate time for initiation of growth of algae under specified conditions. One or more relevant environmental parameters (light inte...

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