STTR Phase I: Direct Microreactor Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

这个小企业技术转让（STTR）第一阶段项目将开发一个微型反应器系统，通过氧气和氢气的直接催化反应在水中形成过氧化氢。这种方法将克服目前直接工艺中存在的限制，这些限制在商业上不可行。提出了一种更有效、更安全的反应堆系统。微反应器技术的内在属性，包括特殊的传热和传质速率，以及自由基猝灭，将允许实现高效，安全和可扩展的过程。该项目的社会效益（商业潜力）是在水中形成过氧化氢的“绿色”过程。 过氧化氢相对于其他化学试剂的主要优点是形成的良性副产物。过氧化氢用于工业上重要的工艺。 过氧化氢渗透到工业过程中受到成本的阻碍，其中成本的很大一部分是用于运输浓缩的过氧化氢溶液。使用微反应器按需产生低成本过氧化氢的能力将克服这一运输费用。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will develop a microreactor system for formation of hydrogen peroxide in water by direct catalytic reaction of oxygen and hydrogen. This approach will overcome limitations that exist in current direct processes, which are not commercially viable. A more efficient and safer reactor system is proposed. Intrinsic attributes of microreactor technology, including exceptional heat and mass transfer rates, and free radical quenching, will allow an efficient, safe, and scalable process to be achieved. The societal benefits (commercial potential) of this project a "green" process for the formation of hydrogen peroxide in water. The major advantage of hydrogen peroxide over other chemical reagents is the benign by-products that are formed. Hydrogen peroxide is utilized in industrially important processes. Penetration of hydrogen peroxide into industrial processes has been stymied by cost, where a significant fraction of the cost is for shipping of concentrated hydrogen peroxide solutions. The capability to generate low cost hydrogen peroxide on-demand using microreactors will overcome this the shipping expense.