BANGKOK, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Chula Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence (VMARCE)’s Innovareef to speed up restoration of the coral reefs, promote eco–tourism, and monitor marine surroundings well being has received the National Innovation Awards (NIAWARDS) 2020 for Product and Service Design.
The earlier generations of synthetic reefs created visible air pollution and had been largely ineffective. Therefore, a Chula analysis staff, led by Associate Professor Dr. Nantarika Chansue, Director of VMARCE and Head of Ornamental Aquatic Animal and Aquatic Animals for Conservation Research Unit (OAAC), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, have endeavored to create lifelike synthetic reefs with good tidal forces resistance to promote settlement of planula, generate habitats for marine species, and assist speed up the restoration of coral reefs.
Innovareefs have the next benefits over different synthetic reefs:
1. Coral nutrient coating with calcium and phosphate that corals want so as to thrive. Data exhibits sooner development of planula by roughly three to 4 centimeters a 12 months.
2. Biomimicry accommodates the settlement of planula and serves as marine life habitat.
3. Resistance to tidal forces with a hydrodynamic design.
4. Global warming monitoring good station with fitted probes that may monitor the marine surroundings, e.g., water temperature, tidal forces, and potential of Hydrogen (pH).
5. Winning Design made with the cement of shut pH to seawater, Innovareef is simple to transport, assemble/disassemble with its light-weight Lego block design. The manufacturing value can also be as little as THB 26,000 per unit.
Thai Innovareef: A New Paradise for Divers
Innovareefs could be developed into eco–tourism points of interest for each native and international novice divers, snorkelers, and sea walkers to generate earnings for the nation.
The Future: Next Generations of Innovareef
The staff plans to decrease the manufacturing value and improve the design based mostly on the prevalent marine species within the space. They are additionally working with Chula Engineering in making use of nanotechnology to shield the Innovareef towards world warming results.
For extra info, please contact VMARCE Tel: +66 (0) 2251 8887, +66 (0) 2218 9510. Email: [email protected].
For the total launch and extra photos, please go to: https://www.chula.ac.th/en/highlight/89180/
