AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. — Department of Agriculture SBIR Phase I: 8.7
AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Agriculture.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Agriculture in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $96,476. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code 8.7 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $96,476
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 8.7
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- LA
- Period
- 2017-07-01 → 2018-02-28
Description
This proposed SBIR effort focuses on the manipulation of the suspended growth solids to stabilize biofloc systems used to produce marine shrimp in tanks. This will be accomplished by imposition of floating bead clarifiers on the biofloc process. The bead filters will pneumatically harvest, aerate, and return biofloc (wasting the balance) to obtain a biofloc at the correct suspended solids level and age (mean cell residence time). The resulting RAS configuration will display the advantages of the biofloc approach but will be easy to manage. Improving the performance of the biofloc RAS will allow the regional farmers to expand their participation in the expanding US shrimp market.