SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE ANNUAL U.
Award amount
$40,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JZ1RVB5TNLX9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE ANNUAL U.S. PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND NITROGEN IS 20 MILLION TONS EACH. ALMOST ALL OF THESE GASES ARE PRODUCED BYCRYOGENIC FRACTIONATION, A HIGH COST AND ENERGY DEMANDING PROCESS. MEMBRANE SEPARATION FROM AIR IS A POTENTIAL LOW COST ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; HOWEVER, CONVENTIONAL MEMBRANES ARE INSUFFICIENTLY SELECTIVE. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP CARRIERFACILITATED TRANSPORT MEMBRANES. THE CURRENT FACILITATED TRANSPORT MEMBRANES HAVE THE REQUIRED SELECTIVITY, BUT ARE TOP THICK AND FRAGILE FOR A COMMERCIAL PROCESS. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP COMPOSITE GEL STRUCTURES INCORPORATING THESE CARRIERS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- STTR Phase II: New Perfluorodioxolane- and Perfluorodioxane-based Copolymer Membranes for Gas Separations
- STTR Phase I: New Perfluorodioxolane- and Perfluorodioxane-based Copolymer Membranes for Gas Separations
- SBIR Phase I: Hybrid Membranes with Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Removal from Natural Gas
- Membrane Process for solvent Reclamation and Reuse
- SBIR Phase II: Carbon-Ceramic Composite Membranes for Olefin-Paraffin Separations
Research funding history
191 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2016). Reported award amounts total $31,990,487. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration