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A production line for carbonfiber takes the PAN precursor through two stages (stabilization/oxidation and carbonization) and then to winding. The site expansion, scheduled to be completed by early 2015, will make the plant in Moses Lake the world’s largest carbonfiber plant. 3,000 tons of carbonfiber.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award ( DE-FOA-0000996 ) up to $12 million in funding to advance the development of a cost-competitive pathway to produce high-performance carbonfiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable non-food biomass. Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%.
SoCalGas) is partnering with a development team to advance a new process that converts natural gas to hydrogen, carbonfiber, and carbon nanotubes. The new catalyst system promotes “base growth” carbon nanotube formation rather than “tip growth,” the current technology. Southern California Gas Co.
SGL Group has inaugurated the production line for carbon-fiber precursor at its FISIPE site in Lavradio, near Lisbon in Portugal. Precursor is a polymer-based fiber which is used as the main raw material for the production of carbonfibers.
LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbonfiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)
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Teijin Limited will establish the first pilot plant for fully integrated production of carbonfiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) components from carbonfiber on the premises of its Matsuyama Factory in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
A team from the University of Calgary and Rice University has used flash joule heating (FJH) ( earlier post ) to convert low-value asphaltenes—a by-product of crude oil refining—into a high-value carbon allotrope, asphaltene-derived flash graphene (AFG). Flash graphene from asphaltenes. (A) —Saadi et al.
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The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has opened a comprehensive research facility to accommodate faculty and industry initiatives through the new Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC). UT President Joe DiPietro called the CRC and its work the next step in the advancement of a biobased economy.
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The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board CarbonFiber or Lightweight Materials. VTO is seeking projects that address the major challenges to developing and commercializing carbonfiber composites for lightweight structures. Most critical is the cost of the carbonfiber.
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Its partner, the Life module, consists primarily of a high-strength and extremely lightweight passenger cell made from carbonfiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). It will be the world’s first volume-produced vehicle with a passenger cell made from carbon. Carbonfibers are exceptionally tear-resistant longitudinally.
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Two inverters, also developed specially for the Furtive-eGT, distribute electric power by converting the direct current from the Saft battery into alternating current. The Furtive eGT features a carbon-fiber body; an aluminum rear cradle supports the motors, gearbox and power electronics.
DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as part of the Department’s Carbon Storage program, which has the goal of developing and advancing technologies to improve the effectiveness of carbon storage, reduce the cost of implementation, and be ready for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025–2035 timeframe.
Opel also estimates it will reduce the average carbon tailpipe emissions from its fleet by 27% by 2020. GM’s energy management and renewable energy programs have helped reduce carbon intensity of manufacturing by 5.3% Carbon intensity per vehicle in 2012 was 0.88 Earlier post.). MWh per vehicle, down from 2.47 MWh/vehicle.
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In the Toyota Mirai, compressed hydrogen fuel is stored in three 10,000-psi carbon-fiber-reinforced high-pressure tanks: one mounted longitudinally in the center of the car; another mounted transversely under the rear seat, and a third below the battery. Cooling air for the battery is silently pulled in from the cabin. seconds.
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carbon composites, core?shell For example, the polysulfide Li 2 S 6 can be electrochemically converted to sulfur/high-order polysulfides during charge (Li 2 S 6 ? The team used graphite-containing carbon paper (CP) to fabricate a Li/polysulfide cell with the dissolved polysulfide Li 2 S 6 electrolyte added into the cathode side.
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