SBIR/STTR Research Award
NEUTRAL PH PEROXIDE GENERATOR
Award amount
$65,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE CONTINUED REPLACEMENT OF HYPOCHLORITE WITH ECOLOGICALLY-COMPATIBLE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE REQUIRES A NEUTRAL, ON-SITE PEROXIDE SOURCE. PRESENTLY, THE ONLY AVAILABLE ON-SITE TECHNOLOGY IS THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF CAUSTIC (PH 14) PEROXIDE. THE HIGH PH AND HIGH COST (DUE PRINCIPALLY TO SODIUM HYDROXIDE REAGENT) OF THIS PEROXIDE SOURCE LIMITS ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS. RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING AN ON-SITE PEROXIDE GENERATOR REQUIRING NO REAGENTS, AND WILL SAVE WATER AND POWER, BASED ON AN ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUE EMPLOYING ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES. THE CATHODIC REDUCTION OF OXYGEN TO PEROXIDE IN BASE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE HIGHLY EFFICIENT. THE INCORPORATION OF ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES IN A FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT WILL UTILIZE THIS CHEMISTRY BUT WILL ELIMINATE THE FREE FLOWING CAUSTIC AS INPUT, THUS PRODUCING ONLY NEUTRAL PEROXIDE.
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.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
- Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency