STTR Phase I: Direct Microreactor Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

这个小型企业技术转移(STTR)第一阶段项目将开发一个微型反应器系统，用于通过氧和氢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，这些限制在商业上是不可行的。提出了一种更高效、更安全的反应堆系统。微反应器技术的内在属性，包括卓越的热质传递速率和自由基猝灭，将使高效、安全和可扩展的过程得以实现。该项目的社会效益(商业潜力)是一种在水中形成过氧化氢的“绿色”过程。与其他化学试剂相比，过氧化氢的主要优点是生成了无害的副产物。过氧化氢在重要的工业过程中被利用。过氧化氢在工业过程中的渗透一直受到成本的阻碍，其中很大一部分成本是用于运输浓缩的过氧化氢溶液。使用微型反应器按需生产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.