SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Carbon Ion Pump for CO2 Removal
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 238990
— All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Industrial Partnerships & Commercialization, 7000 East Avenue, L-795, Livermore, California, 94550
- ZIP Code
- 94550
- Solicitation Number
- FBO196-08
- Response Due
- 9/12/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- Connie L Pitcock, Phone: 925-422-1072
- E-Mail Address
-
pitcock1@llnl.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Carbon Ion Pump for CO 2 Removal Opportunity : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to license and commercialize its technology Carbon Ion Pump for Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Combustion Gas and Other Mixtures. Background : The limitation to reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is the expense of stripping carbon dioxide from other combustion gases. Without a cost-effective means of accomplishing this, hydrocarbon resources cannot be used freely. A few power plants currently remove carbon dioxide from flue gas for sale as an industrial product. Oil companies commonly remove carbon dioxide from natural gas to improve its energy content. In both cases, the most common technology is a temperature-swing absorption (TSA) using a methylated ethyl amine solvent (MEA). Description : LLNL has developed a new method of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas. LLNL's ion pump method increases the concentration of dissolved carbonate ion solution. This increases the vapor pressure of carbon dioxide gas, permitting carbon dioxide to be removed from the downstream side of the ion pump as a pure gas. The ion pumping may be obtained from reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, or the Cussler ion pump. Advantages : LLNL's novel approach to increasing the concentration of the extracted gas permits new approaches to treating flue gas and other gas mixtures of inert gas like nitrogen, with acid gases like carbon dioxide of sulfur dioxide. The process may be operated to produce clean water (similar to reverse osmosis water) as an additional product. The simple, robust nature of the process lends itself to small separation plants. Potential Applications : 1. Eliminating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas pollutant: * coal fired power plants * oil or gas fired power plants * cement production * bio-fuel combustion 2. Separation of carbon dioxide from other combustion gases 3. Separation of carbon dioxide from gas mixtures: * natural gas fields * methane from landfill decomposition 4. Separation of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere 5. Separation of sulfur dioxide or sulfur dioxide 6. Production of carbon dioxide for use in enhanced oil recovery 7. Production of carbon dioxide as a food additive Development Status: LLNL has filed a patent application for this technology. For more information on LLNL's Carbon Management Program, go to: https://eed.llnl.gov/co2/1.php LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Moving critical technology beyond the Laboratory to the commercial world helps our licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. All licensing activities are conducted under policies relating to the strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information. Please visit the IPO website at http://ipo.llnl.gov/workwithus/partneringprocess.php for more information on working with LLNL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's Carbon Ion Pump for Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Combustion Gas and Other Mixtures should provide a written statement of interest, which includes the following: 1. Company Name and address. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact. •3. A description of corporate expertise and facilities relevant to commercializing this technology. Written responses should be directed to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Industrial Partnerships Office P.O. Box 808, L-795 Livermore, CA 94551-0808 Attention: FBO 196-08 Please provide your written statement within fourteen (14) days from the date this announcement is published to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's Carbon Ion Pump for Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Combustion Gas and Other Mixtures.
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