SBIR Phase I: An Innovative Carbon-Polymer Matrix Material for Gas Separations

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一种用于气体分离应用的创新型碳聚合物基质材料。该材料以独特的方法合成，具有独特的化学物理性能，如排液性和催化反应性。这些独特的特性，加上适当的化学改性，将使该材料能够同时从燃煤电厂的烟气中去除二氧化硫和汞蒸气。在第一阶段计划中，将确定合成所建议材料的可行性，并将该材料用于去除SO2/Hg。将测试不同的合成方法，以优化材料的排液性能；将尝试不同的化学改性路线，以优化汞捕获能力；并对材料的SO2和Hg去除性能进行评价。该研究将提供一种简单、低成本、环境友好的新型烟气治理技术。这项技术将极大地有利于燃煤发电行业，目前燃煤发电占美国电力的50%以上。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop an innovative carbon- polymer-matrix material for gas separation applications. Synthesized with a unique method, the material possesses unique chemical-physical properties, such as liquid expelling and catalytic reactivity. These unique properties, plus a suitable chemical modification, will render the material capable of removing sulfur dioxide and mercury vapor simultaneously from coal-fired power plant flue gases. During this Phase I program, the feasibility to synthesize the proposed material and to use the material for SO2/Hg removal will be established. The different synthesis methods will be tested to optimize the material's liquid expelling property; different chemical modification routes will be tried out to optimize the Hg capture capability; and the material's SO2 and Hg removal performance will be evaluated. The research will provide a path-breaking new technology for flue gas pollution abatement, which is simple, low cost, and environment friendly. The technology will greatly benefit coal-fired electrical generation industry, which currently generates more than 50% of the electricity in the United States.