SBIR/STTR Research Award
SUPEROXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF CHLORINATED ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Award amount
$224,084Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE EFFICIENT AND RAPID DECHLORINATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN WASTEWATER STREAMS IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM. THE MICROORGANISMS IN TYPICAL BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION SYSTEMS WILL CONSUME SUCH COMPOUNDS ONLY VERY SLOWLY, IF AT ALL. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING ELECTROCHEMICALLY GENERATED SUPEROXIDE TO RAPIDLY DECHLORINATE RECALCITRANT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. A NOVEL, COMPACT ELECTROCATALYTIC CELL IS PROPOSED FOR THIS SUPEROXIDE GENERATION. AFTER THE DECHLORINATION IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS, THE RESULTANT NONCHLORINATED PRODUCTS WOULD BE RAPIDLY CONSUMED BY THE BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION SYSTEM.
Technology keywords
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