Grantee Research Project Results
Novel Catalysts for the Low Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds
EPA Contract Number: 68D30071Title: Novel Catalysts for the Low Temperature Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds
Investigators: Wright, John D.
Small Business: TDA Research Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: September 1, 1993 through August 1, 1995
Project Amount: $150,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (1993) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) , Air Quality and Air Toxics , SBIR - Air Pollution
Description:
New regulations are forcing the control of very dilute volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Although catalytic incineration in increasingly the technology of choice, energy and catalyst costs rise dramatically as the VOC concentration decreases. Energy costs could be reduced dramatically if catalysts were available which were active at lower temperatures. In addition, the use of metal oxide based catalysts (instead of the platinum group catalysts currently used) would lower the initial cost of VOC control.In Phase I, TDA Research synthesized and tested a fundamentally new type of metal oxide based catalyst that has the ability to oxidize CO, hydrocarbons and oxygenates at temperatures which are 100?C to 150?C (180?F to 270?F) lower than is possible with current catalysts. In Phase II, TDA will develop methods of supporting these catalysts on a honeycomb, determine the activity of the supported catalysts as a function of temperature against compounds representative of the various categories of VOC's, test their resistance to common catalyst poisons, and carry out an engineering analysis to determine their economic potential.
Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Scientific Discipline, Air, Toxics, Waste, Sustainable Industry/Business, air toxics, Environmental Chemistry, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Sustainable Environment, VOCs, HAPS, Technology for Sustainable Environment, New/Innovative technologies, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Environmental Engineering, Incineration/Combustion, catalyzing oxidation, emission control strategies, metal catalysts, air pollutants, catalyst composition, catalytic oxidation, oxidation, oxidation reactions, control, emission control technologies, hydrocarbon, metal oxide, novel catalyst systems, characterization of catalysts, carbon monoxide (CO), catalytic incineration, air pollution, catalysts, emissions, oxygenates, C2F6, emission controls, carbon monoxide, emissions control, hydrocarbons, metal oxidesProgress and Final Reports:
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