SBIR Phase II: Green Solvent Mixtures as Alternatives to Environmentally Damaging and Toxic Solvents

SBIR 第二阶段：绿色溶剂混合物作为对环境有害和有毒溶剂的替代品

• 批准号: 0238674
• 负责人: John Flanagan
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: NGIMAT CO.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-15 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0238674&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Green; Solvent

This SBIR Phase II Project will develop software to aid formulation chemists in the replacement of environmentally damaging and toxic solvents such as those listed as hazardous air pollutants (HAP) in Section 112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act. Phase I provided successful proof of concept for MCT's approach to use mixtures of "green" solvents that are tunable to obtain a wide range of solvent characteristics. This approach allows for the replacement of a broad spectrum of harmful solvents by using a small number of benign solvents. The system is flexible, allowing end users to control factors such as the organic functional groups present to fit their application. MCT will incorporate this method into software to guide non-specialists through the selection of solvents and optimization the mixture. MCT will collaborate with the research groups of Professors Charles Eckert and Charles Liotta at the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a predictive model for the solubility of metal-organic compounds in organic solvents. We will perform quantitative solubility measurements on the systems initially studied in Phase I and use the resulting data to verify and improve the solubility model. The resulting solubility model will be incorporated in the solvent selection software.The recent trend towards environmentally friendly products has caused an increase in the use of green solvents in product formulations and industrial processes. Regulations governing the use of solvents classified as Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) or as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) are forcing companies to look for alternatives to solvents presently in use. Therefore, there is an opportunity for the introduction of products that are designed to assist companies that need to reformulate products or processes that use organic solvents. The niche market for reformulation tools is estimated to fall into the $30 million range. MCT's goal is to release a software product that meets these needs within 3 years, and to gain the majority of the market share, producing revenues of $10 million over a period of 6 years. MCT will license softwaredeveloped under Phase II to companies that manufacture chemicals and allied products. Solvent replacement tools can be applied to find alternative solvents almost anywhere solvents are in use, including coatings, pharmaceuticals, printing inks, toiletries, cosmetics, adhesives, household and car care, rubber and polymer manufacturing, industrial cleaning and degreasing, agrochemicals, oil seed and food extraction and dry cleaning.

该SBIR第二阶段项目将开发软件，以帮助配方化学家更换破坏环境和有毒的溶剂，如《清洁空气法》第112(B)(1)节中列为有害空气污染物(HAP)的溶剂。第一阶段为MCT使用混合“绿色”溶剂的方法提供了成功的概念证明，这些混合溶剂可调节以获得广泛的溶剂特性。这种方法允许通过使用少量的良性溶剂来替换广谱的有害溶剂。该系统是灵活的，允许最终用户控制因素，如存在的有机官能团，以适应他们的应用。MCT将把这种方法纳入软件，通过选择溶剂和优化混合物来指导非专业人员。MCT将与佐治亚理工学院的查尔斯·埃克特教授和查尔斯·利奥塔教授的研究小组合作，开发金属有机化合物在有机溶剂中的溶解度预测模型。我们将对第一阶段最初研究的体系进行定量的溶解度测量，并使用结果数据来验证和改进溶解度模型。由此产生的溶解度模型将被纳入溶剂选择软件。最近环境友好产品的趋势导致在产品配方和工业过程中使用绿色溶剂的增加。有关使用被归类为危险空气污染物(HAP)或挥发性有机化合物(VOC)的溶剂的法规迫使公司寻找目前使用的溶剂的替代品。因此，有机会推出旨在帮助需要重新配制使用有机溶剂的产品或工艺的公司的产品。重新配方工具的利基市场估计在3000万美元的范围内。MCT的目标是在3年内发布满足这些需求的软件产品，并获得大部分市场份额，在6年内创造1000万美元的收入。MCT将把在第二阶段开发的软件授权给制造化学品和相关产品的公司。几乎在使用溶剂的任何地方，都可以使用溶剂替换工具来寻找替代溶剂，包括涂料、药品、印刷油墨、洗漱用品、化妆品、粘合剂、家居和汽车护理、橡胶和聚合物制造、工业清洗和脱脂、农用化学品、油籽和食品提取以及干洗。