SBIR/STTR Research Award
SEPARATION OF GASES VIA SOLID STATE FACILITATED TRANSPORT.
Award amount
$40,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Maxdem, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MAXDEM INC., PROPOSES TO SYNTHESIZE AND TO TEST A NEW CLASS OF MEMBRANE MATERIALS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE SEPARATION OF OXYGEN FROM AIR. THE MEMBRANES ARE EXPECTED TO FEATURE HIGHDIFFUSIVITY AND SELECTIVITY FOR OXYGEN. MOREOVER THE MATERIALS ARE EXPECTED TO OFFER GREATER STABILITY THAN CAN BE ACHIEVED CURRENTLY WITH LIQUID MEMBRANE SYSTEMS. THE NEWTECHNOLOGY ALSO IS EXPECTED TO BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER GAS SEPARATION PROBLEMS, SUCH AS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CARBON MONOXIDE.
Technology keywords
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