STTR Phase I: Novel Membrane Reactors for Biosynthesis

Information

• NSF Award
• 0637647

Owner

• COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC

• Award Id

  0637647

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/2007 - 19 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/2008 - 17 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 150,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to develop a reactor for the processing of vegetable oils or their resulting fatty acids to sugar esters. The membrane reactor system is envisioned to be permeable to small molecules, hydrogen and water. The esterification of fatty acids and sugars will occur in a non-aqueous environment and the water level in the reactor will be controlled by membrane properties and transmembrane pressure. It is expected that high conversion to sugar esters can be obtained at low enzyme concentrations. Moreover, continuous operation of the reactor can result in high productivity.

• Program Officer

  Gregory T. Baxter

• Min Amd Letter Date

  10/30/2006 - 19 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  11/20/2007 - 18 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC

• City

  Newport

• State

  DE

• Country

  United States

• Address

  335 WATER ST

• Postal Code

  198042401

• Phone Number

  3029997996

• First Name

  Stuart

• Last Name

  Nemser

• Email Address

  snemser@compactmembrane.com

• Start Date

  10/30/2006 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Technology Transfer

• Code

  110000

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000