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Scale-Up of Novel Low-Cost Carbon Fibers Leading to High-Volume Commercial Launch. Final Technical Report.

DE141150721

Publication Date	2014
Personal Author	Spalding, M. A.; Dibbs, M.; Sikirica, S.; Asuquo, G.; McDaniel, K.; Orens, D.
Page Count	22
Abstract	The project started in September, 2012 with the goal of scaling up from the existing laboratory scale process for producing carbon fiber (CF) from polyolefin (PO) based precursor fiber using a Dow proprietary sulfonation-desulfonation stabilization process. The award was used to develop a process that was capable of producing market development quantities of CF from PO precursor fiber at a rate of 4 kg/h of CF. The CF would target properties that met or exceeded the Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicles Technology (1) standard; i.e., 172 GPa modulus and 1.72 GPa strength at greater than or equal to 1% strain. The Dow proprietary process was capable of meeting and exceeding these targets properties. Project DE-EE0005760 resulted from a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and DOE. In the first budget period, the main goal was to design a sulfonation-desulfonation market development plant capable of stabilizing PO precursor fiber at a rate of 5 kg/h using a sulfonation solution.
Keywords	Carbon fibers Costs Market Polyolefins Research and development Stabilization Strains Sulfonation Targets
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	71C - Carbon & Graphite 71I - Fibers & Textiles 99B - Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Process Engineering
Corporate Authors	Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201503
Contract Number	DE-EE0005760

Scale-Up of Novel Low-Cost Carbon Fibers Leading to High-Volume Commercial Launch. Final Technical Report.

Scale-Up of Novel Low-Cost Carbon Fibers Leading to High-Volume Commercial Launch. Final Technical Report.
DE141150721

Publication Date	2014
Personal Author	Spalding, M. A.; Dibbs, M.; Sikirica, S.; Asuquo, G.; McDaniel, K.; Orens, D.
Page Count	22
Abstract	The project started in September, 2012 with the goal of scaling up from the existing laboratory scale process for producing carbon fiber (CF) from polyolefin (PO) based precursor fiber using a Dow proprietary sulfonation-desulfonation stabilization process. The award was used to develop a process that was capable of producing market development quantities of CF from PO precursor fiber at a rate of 4 kg/h of CF. The CF would target properties that met or exceeded the Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicles Technology (1) standard; i.e., 172 GPa modulus and 1.72 GPa strength at greater than or equal to 1% strain. The Dow proprietary process was capable of meeting and exceeding these targets properties. Project DE-EE0005760 resulted from a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and DOE. In the first budget period, the main goal was to design a sulfonation-desulfonation market development plant capable of stabilizing PO precursor fiber at a rate of 5 kg/h using a sulfonation solution.
Keywords	Carbon fibers Costs Market Polyolefins Research and development Stabilization Strains Sulfonation Targets
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	71C - Carbon & Graphite 71I - Fibers & Textiles 99B - Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Process Engineering
Corporate Authors	Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	201503
Contract Number	DE-EE0005760