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PREPARATION OF PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES
Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10740
Amount:
$50,000.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
1360 Willow Rd #103
Menlo Park, CA
94025
United States
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Richard W Baker
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (415) 328-2228
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (415) 328-2228
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract
PERVAPORATION IS A PROMISING NEW MEMBRANE PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF SOLVENT MIXTURES. MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, INC., HAS BEEN DEVELOPING PERVAPORATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS USING THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANESIN SPIRAL-WOUND MEMBRANE MODULES. THEY PROPOSE TO DEVELOP IMPROVED MEMBRANES AND PROCESSES FOR THE SEPARATION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF DISSOLVED HYDROPHILIC POLAR SOLVENTS FROM WATER. THESE SOLUTIONS REPRESENT A CONSIDERABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PERVAPORATION. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM, THEYWILL DEMONSTRATE THE OVERALL FEASIBILITY OF THE CONCEPT IN SMALL 0.1-0.2-M(2) SPIRAL-WOUND MEMBRANE MODULES.
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