Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology.  License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.  PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a SPP agreement, ACT agreement, or CRADA agreement.

THE TECHNOLOGY: 

Conventional reactive distillation is an established technology in the chemical industry. Further, reactive distillation is considered a promising technology for the conversion of waste- and biomass-derived feedstocks. However, the use of conventional reactor hardware makes scaling down to the small scales required for biomass a challenging endeavor. Microchannel reactors can be modular in nature, therefore enabling scale-up by numbering up. Further, microchannel reactive distillation (MCRD) enables the potential for process intensification in the form of reduced number of unit operations and energy savings. These qualities make microchannel reactive distillation particularly attractive for distributed processing applications. PNNL has developed a new, MCRD, reactive separation process technology that offers energy savings, process intensification, and compact modular reactors, ultimately providing reductions to both capital and operating costs. The technology is a platform that can be applied to a host of bioprocessing applications (e.g., dehydration and condensation reactions), delivering many potential benefits over traditional processing.  

For all inquiries, please reference Battelle IPID 32066.

NOTE:  THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT.  Any company interested in licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than thirty (30) days from the publication date of this Notice summarizing the company’s business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity.  Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology.  Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement.  Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations.  Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice, referencing Battelle IPID 32066.