HydRegen: a sustainable chemistry platform

通过牛津大学的学术研究，我们开发了可持续技术，解决了化工行业未满足的需求。化学品公司对我们的技术感兴趣，因为它们消除了对有毒试剂的需求，最大限度地减少了碳基废物的产生，与现有的制造路线相比，能源需求更低。我们的生物催化剂系统可以在连续流中运行，在提高生产率的同时实现可持续性，总体上允许更便宜、更快、更清洁和更安全的特种化学品（如制药、香精和香料）生产。在项目期间，我们将生产原型催化剂，并将其分发给行业合作伙伴。利用他们的反馈，我们将进行产品开发研究，以推出我们的第一个商业产品：“生物流柱”，允许清洁和安全的反应，具有极高的精度。我们还将在中试规模上展示我们的催化剂系统，用于生产一种精细化学品。这个项目将使我们能够成立一家衍生公司，并将我们的技术从学术研究转化为商业产品，最终将在净化化工行业中发挥作用。

We have developed sustainable technologies that address unmet needs in the chemicals sector through academic research at the University of Oxford. Chemicals companies are interested in our technologies because they remove the need for toxic reagents, minimise the production of carbon-based waste products and lower energy demands compared to existing manufacturing routes. Our biocatalyst systems can be operated in continuous flow, allowing sustainability at the same time as improving productivity, overall allowing cheaper, faster, cleaner and safer production of speciality chemicals (e.g. pharmaceutical, flavours and fragrances).During the project we will produce prototype catalysts, and distribute them to industry partners. Using their feedback we will carry out product development research towards launch of our first commercial product: a 'bio-flow column' that allows clean and safe reactions with exquisite precision. We will also demonstrate our catalyst systems at pilot scale for kg production of a fine chemical.This project will allow us to form a spinout company, and take our technologies from academic research to commercial product, and will ultimately play a part in cleaning up the chemicals sector.