SBIR/STTR Research Award
SUPERELECTROCHEMICAL DESTRUCTION OF CBW AGENTS
Award amount
$55,652Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS IS DESCRIBED WHICH IS CAPABLE OF DEMILITARIZING A WIDE RANGE OF CBW AGENTS. SINCE THE UNIQUE PROCESS CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY FUNCTION BY THREE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL MECHANISMS, ITS VERSATILITY FOR DEGRADING A NUMBER OF CHEMICALLY DISTINCT CBW AGENT TYPES IS ASSURED. IN ADDITION, PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS ESTABLISHED THE CAPABILITY OF THE SYSTEM FOR COMPLETELY DEGRADING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS TO SUCH HARMLESS PRODUCTS AS CHLORIDE ION, CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER. THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED WILL HAVE WIDE APPLICATION FOR THE COMPLETE DEGRADATION OF A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. AS SUCH, THERE WILL BE MANY LARGE POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS AFTER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PHASES II AND III.
Technology keywords
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