SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Temperature Membrane Reactors
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JDNRH32DML47
- Solicitation number
- DE-PS02-06ER06-30
- Topic code
- 08 b
Research abstract
Membrane reactors have the potential to improve the reactivity, productivity, and energy efficiency of various chemical syntheses including transesterification. To be of value, the membrane reactors must provide a higher use temperature, improved chemical resistance and better mass transfer. This project will evaluate the use of a high temperature, high mass transfer membrane system to enhance transesterification reactivity. First, novel membrane modules with improved upper-use temperature, chemical resistance, and mass transfer will be fabricated. Then, the modules will be tested to demonstrate enhanced transesterification. Commercial Applications and other Benefits as described by the awardee: The new membrane reactors should impact a broad platform of chemical reactions, leading to energy savings of over 50 trillion BTU/yr. The products impacted include fuel grade ethanol and pipeline ethanol.
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.
- Low Cost Membranes for Carbon Capture
- Universal Membrane Dehydrator for Dewatering Pharmaceutical Solvents
- Integrated Catalytic Membrane System for Modular Manufacturing Of On-Purpose Propylene at Shale Gas Sites
- Ethylene Permeation in Control of Fruit Ripening
- Integrated Membrane Reactor for Enhancing Thermal & Chemical Reactors
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Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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Research funding history
218 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2021). Reported award amounts total $55,705,610. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense