SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Process for Lactose Conversion to Ethylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, and Glycerol
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Battelle (DOE Contractor), PNNL Licensing, PO Box 999, MSIN K9-62, Richland, WA, 99352
- ZIP Code
- 99352
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-12402
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2003
- Point of Contact
- Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Licensing Staff, Phone (509) 375-6401, Fax (509) 375-6731, - Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Licensing Staff, Phone (509) 375-6401, Fax (509) 375-6731,
- E-Mail Address
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technology@pnl.gov, technology@pnl.gov
- Description
- 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 sponsored research agreement or CRADA program. THE TECHNOLOGY: A new process concept for the production of polyols, especially ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerol. This concept process is a refinement of the generally understood two-stage process of sugar conversion to polyols. In the conventional process, aqueous solutions of any of the aldose sugars can be catalytically hydrogenated to a sugar alcohol in the first step, and then the product of the first step is catalytically hydrocracked in a second step to produce the polyol products. The conventional process involves fixed beds of supported nickel metals catalyst in continuous flow reactors. The same catalyst is used in both reactors and the differentiating factor between the two reactor beds is the processing temp. The concept is that the better route of lactose conversion to polyols will not pass through a lactitol intermediate but will require a pretreatment hydrolysis of the lactose to glucose and galactose. The glucose and galactose can then be hydrogenated to sorbitol and dulcitol, respectively, and then hydrocracked to polyols in the conventional way. We have shown that galactose is also amenable to hydrogenation to dulcitol in high yield. Dulcitol, similar to sorbitol, should then be able to be hydrocracked to the desired polyol products. See published US patent application 2002/0169344 A1. 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 90 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.
- Record
- SN00301706-W 20030413/030411213433 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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