SBIR Phase I: Novel Antioxidants to Improve Thermo-Oxidative Stability of Biolubricants and Biodiesel

SBIR 第一阶段：提高生物润滑剂和生物柴油热氧化稳定性的新型抗氧化剂

• 批准号: 0945017
• 负责人: Ashok Cholli
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Polnox Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945017&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Novel; Antioxidants; Improve

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to design, develop and commercialize cost-effective, high performance, innovative antioxidants for sustainable alternate bioenergy fuels, in particular, for biodiesel and biolubricants. Oxidative stability of oils derived from bio-sources is inferior as compared with those derived from fossil fuels. This is a key issue for the alternate energy industry. It is expected that the proposed antioxidants will prove to be very effective in improving thermo-oxidative stability. This enhanced stability will result in an extended service life. The current commercial antioxidants are not effective in face of the challenge posed by plant-derived bio-oils, and the performance of these antioxidants does not necessarily increase linearly with concentration. There is a need to design and develop next generation antioxidants, which are more effective than those that are available today. This proposal addresses the design and testing of new macromolecular antioxidants to provide better protection against oxidation in bio-energy fuels and lubricants.The broader/commercial impact of this research project will be in the development of a product that plays a key role in reducing the nation's dependence on imported oil by developing higher quality alternate fuels. By improving the oxidative stability of bio-based oils and fuels, it will be possible to make viable products to compete against petroleum based products that are used in automobile and other industrial lubricant applications.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目建议设计、开发和商业化用于可持续替代生物能源燃料的低成本、高性能、创新的抗氧化剂，特别是用于生物柴油和生物清洗剂的抗氧化剂。与化石燃料相比，生物来源油脂的氧化稳定性较差。这是替代能源行业的一个关键问题。预计所建议的抗氧化剂将被证明在改善热氧化稳定性方面非常有效。这种增强的稳定性将延长使用寿命。目前市售的抗氧化剂在面对植物油的挑战时并不有效，而且这些抗氧化剂的性能并不一定随着浓度的增加而线性增加。需要设计和开发下一代抗氧化剂，这种抗氧化剂比目前可用的抗氧化剂更有效。这项建议涉及设计和测试新的大分子抗氧化剂，以更好地防止生物能源燃料和润滑油中的氧化。这项研究项目的更广泛/商业影响将是开发一种产品，该产品通过开发更高质量的替代燃料，在减少国家对进口石油的依赖方面发挥关键作用。通过提高生物基油和燃料的氧化稳定性，将有可能制造出可行的产品，与汽车和其他工业润滑油应用中使用的石油产品竞争。