Improved Membranes for Electrosynthesis

Information

• NSF Award
• 9161086

Owner

• The Electrosynthesis Company, Inc.

• Award Id

  9161086

• Award Effective Date

  1/15/1992 - 33 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/1992 - 32 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 50,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Commercially available ion-selective membranes are modified to better meet the needs of electro-organic synthetic processes. The process under study is the conversion of formaldehyde to ethylene glycol. The transport of all species present in several versions of this process is tracked for several state- of-the-art membranes, and correlated with current density, temperature, and electrolyte flow. A working model of membrane transport is developed. Membranes are modified to minimize solvent and neutral molecule diffusion. Most electrochemical membranes used today were designed either for the chloralkali industry or for electrodialysis; an electro-organic process, however, places very different requirements on the membranes. Ion-exchange membranes designed specifically for organic electrosynthesis will provide increased efficiency for a number of electrochemical processes, including production of ethylene glycol.

• Program Officer

  Ritchie B. Coryell

• Min Amd Letter Date

  1/21/1992 - 32 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  1/21/1992 - 32 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  The Electrosynthesis Company, Inc.

• City

  Lancaster

• State

  NY

• Country

  United States

• Address

  72 Ward Road

• Postal Code

  140869779

• Phone Number

  7166840513

• First Name

  J David

• Last Name

  Genders

• Start Date

  1/15/1992 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000