Wazoku Crowd Theoretical IP Transfer Challenge: Removal Of Iron Pentacarbonyl From Chemical Reactions

Innovation challenge seeking innovative ideas for a new technology to reduce the concentration of iron pentacarbonyl that accumulates during the chemical synthesis of methanol.

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This Wazoku Crowd Theoretical IP Transfer Challenge – Wazoku Crowd Theoretical IP Transfer Challenge – Removal of Iron Pentacarbonyl from Chemical Reactions – is seeking innovative ideas for a new technology to reduce the concentration of iron pentacarbonyl that accumulates during the chemical synthesis of methanol.

Iron pentacarbonyl that accumulates during the chemical synthesis of methanol has negative downstream effects on the process, predominantly by poisoning the reaction catalyst. Current approaches to removing iron pentacarbonyl from the reaction are not fully effective.

The goal of this Challenge is to identify a technology that would be able to dramatically reduce the concentration of iron pentacarbonyl in an effective, efficient, and environmentally sustainable way.