Secure, safe, sustainable and affordable on-site generation of Hydrogen Peroxide

Grant number: 960753

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $2,001,160
  • Funder

    European Commission
  • Principal Investigator

    GOTTESFELD Ziv
  • Research Location

    Denmark
  • Lead Research Institution

    HPNOW APS
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Other secondary impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the world'Äôs most widely used chemicals 'Äì it is a powerful oxidant and disinfectant utilized across water and wastewater treatment (WWT); pulp, paper and textile; medical, and electronics industries. It is highly effective against a wide range of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 (cause of COVID19), as well as in facilitating the breakdown of human-generated pollutants. The H2O2 market is valued at over 'Ǩ19.5B / annum at the point of use. While H2O2 itself is 'Äúgreen'Äù 'Äì decomposing to pure water and oxygen 'Äì today'Äôs supply chain is far from it. The global consumption of over 6.5M Tons is produced in centralized chemical plants, emitting greenhouse gasses (GHG) equivalent to the emissions of 3M cars, and outputting over 60M Tons / annum of toxic waste . Delivery from these centralized plants to millions of distributed points of use requires transportation of a high-concentrate, highly-explosive solution, break-down to manageable units, and dilution from 30% - 70% solutions down to a few parts per million (ppm) - a complex, hazardous, costly, and increasingly regulated supply chain.This is also vulnerable supply chain - in the present COVID19 outbreak a shortage is already felt in the market. Our goal is to replace today'Äôs GHG emission and toxic-waste intensive, hazardous, prone to supply interruptions, and costly H2O2 supply chain, with our PeroxyPro 'Äì the world'Äôs first and only commercial technology solution for the on-site generation of hydrogen peroxide through direct electrochemical synthesis, using only water, electricity and air as inputs. PeroxyPro will secure consumable-free supply of a highly effective biocide and oxidizer in critical applications; will displace centralized, GHG and toxic-waste intensive production, with an eco-friendly, zero-emission and zero-waste, distributed generation process; and will replace a hazardous and costly supply chain with on-site, on-demand and safe generation directly at the point of use.