SBIR Phase I: A New Bio-based Monomer for the Coatings Industry

SBIR 第一阶段：用于涂料行业的新型生物基单体

• 批准号: 1849600
• 负责人: Kevin Barnett
• 金额: $ 22.48万
• 依托单位: PYRAN INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1849600&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; New; Bio; based

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project lies in the replacement of key petroleum-based chemicals used in the paints and coatings industry, representing a $7B industry that is growing at 7% per year. The total addressable market includes 3 similar diols: 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO), 1,5-pentanediol (1,5-PDO), and 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDO). In this project, 1,5-PDO is produced from furfural, a chemical made from renewable agricultural residues such as corn cobs and wood chips. Bio-based 1,5-PDO can be readily substituted for 1,6-HDO in many applications due to its analogous molecular structure and is similar enough to 1,4-BDO that it can be substituted for it in some applications. Rigorous technoeconomic analysis shows that this "green" 1,5-PDO can be made at 3x lower costs than oil-derived 1,5-PDO, opening new opportunities for its use as a renewable monomer for paints, coatings, adhesives and plastics.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project will allow the technology to be developed with commercially available fixed bed pellet catalysts to prepare the technology for scale-up. Thus far, the technology has been demonstrated in small scale fixed bed reactors with powder catalysts. A commercial scale process requires the use of pelletized catalysts due to inoperable pressure drops over powder catalysts in commercial-scale reactors. The higher flowrates inherent with larger scale reactors cannot flow through the tightly packed powder catalysts and cause a large degree of backpressure upstream of the catalyst bed; thus, pelletized catalysts must be sourced from commercial vendors and tested for activity and stability prior to scaling. The next phase in technology development is to scale up the process by 100x, enabling testing and validation of larger amounts of the bio-based 1,5-PDO product in potential customers' product lines. This SBIR Phase I project will also allow completion of the process design work needed to estimate the economics at commercial scale.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于替代油漆和涂料行业中使用的关键石油基化学品，这代表了一个70亿美元的行业，每年增长7%。总的可寻址市场包括3种类似的二醇：1，4-丁二醇（1，4-BDO），1，5-戊二醇（1，5-PDO）和1，6-己二醇（1，6-HDO）。在该项目中，1，5-PDO是由糠醛生产的，糠醛是一种由可再生农业残留物（如玉米棒和木屑）制成的化学品。 生物基1，5-PDO由于其类似的分子结构，在许多应用中可以容易地取代1，6-HDO，并且与1，4-BD 0足够相似，在某些应用中可以取代它。严格的技术经济分析表明，这种“绿色”1，5-PDO的生产成本比石油衍生的1，5-PDO低3倍，为将其用作油漆、涂料、粘合剂和塑料的可再生单体提供了新的机会。该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第1阶段项目将允许使用市售固定床颗粒催化剂开发该技术，为该技术的规模化做好准备。 到目前为止，该技术已经在使用粉末催化剂的小规模固定床反应器中得到证实。 由于商业规模反应器中粉末催化剂上的不可操作压降，商业规模方法需要使用粒状催化剂。较大规模反应器固有的较高流速不能流过紧密填充的粉末催化剂，并在催化剂床上游造成较大程度的背压;因此，粒状催化剂必须来自商业供应商，并在结垢之前测试活性和稳定性。 技术开发的下一个阶段是将工艺规模扩大100倍，以便在潜在客户的产品线中测试和验证更大量的生物基1，5-PDO产品。 该SBIR第一阶段项目还将完成评估商业规模经济性所需的工艺设计工作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。