SBIR Phase II: All Natural Biobased High Performance Composites for Industrial Applications

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目旨在优化和商业化利用可再生资源生产的所有天然生物基复合材料。第一阶段的研究证明了使用选定的纤维/树脂聚合物复合材料组合制造大豆油基复合材料的技术可行性。第二阶段的项目将专注于优化和扩大制造方法和工艺，以提高生物基复合材料的性能。此外，在商业合作伙伴的帮助下，第二阶段的工作将开发一些具有以下特征的全尺寸原型产品：(1)产品含有80%或更多的天然纤维和树脂；(2)产品依靠经济环保的工装和制造加工；(3)产品符合最终用户设定的性能、安全、耐用和成本要求。这个项目的商业应用将在若干领域，包括工业和家庭家具的低成本建筑材料、包装材料、偏远地区的管道和水产养殖系统。拟议的生物基复合材料预计将比其石油对应部分具有更高的使用价值工业应用（即以更低的成本提供相同的功能）。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to optimize and commercialize the manufacturing of all natural biobased composites from renewable resources. Phase I research demonstrated the technical feasibility of fabricating soybean oil based composites using a selected fiber/resin polymer composite combination. The Phase II project will focus on optimization and scale-up of the fabrication approach and process to improve the performance of the biobased composites. Further, with the help of commercial partners, Phase II work will develop a number of full scale prototype products with the following features: (1) the products contain 80% or more natural fibers and resins; (2) the products rely on economical and environmentally friendly tooling and manufacturing processing; and (3) the products comply with performance, safety, durability, and cost requirements set by end-users.The commercial applications of this project will be in a number of areas, including low cost building materials for industrial and household furniture, packaging materials, piping for remote areas and aquaculture systems. The proposed biobased composites are expected to have higher value-in-use industrial applications than their petroleum counter-parts (that is, to be available at a lower cost while offering the same functionality).