Development of graphene composites for ground transportation applications

开发用于地面交通应用的石墨烯复合材料

• 批准号: 530253-2018
• 负责人: Hubert, Pascal
• 金额: $ 5.54万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=697954
• 关键词: Development; graphene; composites; ground; transportation

The use of lightweight materials in ground transportation vehicles is well aligned with most recent energy conservation regulations and policies. For example, the European Commission with the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) European Union directive requiring vehicles to be constructed of 95% recyclable materials, with 85% recoverable through reuse or mechanical recycling and 10% through energy recovery or thermal recycling. For a vehicle like the Volkswagen Golf, a 30% mass reduction of the car body, currently at 296 kg for a total vehicle weight of 1,300 kg, is feasible. For a lifetime road performance of 150,000 km, fuel consumption reduction in this lifetime is around 398 L or approximately 0.3 L/100 km fuel savings for each car. Over the last decade, fundamental researches on polymer nanocomposites have led to the development of new nanomodified polymers with improved mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. In the field of thermoset resins, the integration of nanochemicals like graphene has a huge impact on the resin physico-chemical properties such as viscosity and curing behaviour. This often results in poor processability and prevents from using these products at the industrial scale. Thus, this knowledge needs to be integrated in a more robust manufacturing environment more suitable for actual application in the ground transportation industry. This project involves the collaboration between McGill University and NanoXplore. The objective of the project is to develop applications of graphene based thermoset resin composites for ground transportation. State-of-the-art graphene integration process developed by NanoXplore will be combined to McGill's knowledge in processing of nanomodified resin multiscale composites. The automotive industry is a cornerstone of the Canadian economy and the proposed research will enable significant cost savings for automotive companies like GM, Ford, Volvo, Honda, Chrysler. Smaller companies like Decoma, Hutchinson, Magna that build composites parts, will also benefit from the results of the proposed research.

在地面运输车辆中使用轻质材料与最新的节能法规和政策非常一致。例如，欧洲委员会拥有寿命末期（ELV）的欧盟指令，要求车辆由95％的可回收材料制成，可通过重复使用或机械回收利用85％的材料，通过能量回收或热回收利用10％。对于像大众高尔夫这样的车辆，汽车车体的质量减少了30％，目前为296千克，总车辆重量为1,300公斤，是可行的。在150,000公里的终生道路性能中，这一生的燃油消耗量约为398 L约为398 L或每辆汽车的燃油节省约0.3 L/100 km。在过去的十年中，关于聚合物纳米复合材料的基本研究导致了具有改进的机械，热和电性能的新纳米化聚合物的发展。在热固性树脂领域，像石墨烯之类的纳米化学物的整合对树脂物理化学特性（例如粘度和固化行为）具有巨大影响。这通常会导致可加工性差，并阻止在工业规模上使用这些产品。因此，该知识需要集成到更适合地面运输行业实际应用的更强大的制造环境中。该项目涉及麦吉尔大学和纳米克斯普雷之间的合作。该项目的目的是开发基于石墨烯的热固性树脂复合材料用于地面运输的应用。由Nanoxplore开发的最新石墨烯集成过程将结合到McGill在处理纳米化树脂多尺度复合材料方面的知识。汽车行业是加拿大经济的基石，拟议的研究将为通用汽车，福特，沃尔沃，本田，克莱斯勒等汽车公司节省大量成本。较小的公司，例如Repoma，Hutchinson，Magna建立复合材料零件，也将从拟议的研究的结果中受益。