SBIR Phase II: Manufacturing High Performance Natural Fiber Composites for Building Applications

SBIR 第二阶段：制造用于建筑应用的高性能天然纤维复合材料

• 批准号: 1534697
• 负责人: Ralph Johnson
• 金额: $ 72.89万
• 依托单位: CetoTech, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1534697&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Manufacturing; Performance

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to develop and commercialize novel high-performance green composites for the exterior building materials market. These materials can address a $30 billion market opportunity with broad applications in many industries, including construction, automotive, defense, energy infrastructure, etc. This phase II effort will focus on developing exterior building materials with an estimated commercial potential of $882 million over the next five years. In addition, this new class of sustainable composites will provide multiple broader impacts including 1) significant weight and cost reductions to enable their use in structural components and fuel efficient vehicles; 2) improved water and ultraviolet (UV) resistance over conventional materials for green buildings that optimize the indoor environmental quality with lower maintenance costs; 3) stronger building materials and safer vehicle panels due to the high vibration damping and impact resistance of these composites; 4) the use of renewable resources for sustainable materials production to achieve energy and environmental efficiency; and 5) potential LEED credits and/or tax rebates to end users. The technical goal of this Phase II program is to determine full-scale production parameters, performance specifications, and quality control procedures for lightweight and high strength natural fiber composites to prepare for commercialization of these products for exterior building materials use. Two prototype products have been successfully developed through the Phase I effort to address the high cost and low durability of current building materials (e.g. plywood, fiber cement board) in these markets. The specific technical objectives of this program include determining the flexural rigidity of the composites through modeling and experimental work, optimizing product performance and cost, determining full-scale production parameters and quality control procedures, and conducting service life characterization of the final products. The technical results of this program will enable the production of a new class of green composites to create sustainable building materials, and provide a stronger value proposition to end users in the exterior building market.

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目旨在为外部建筑材料市场开发和商业化新型高性能绿色复合材料。这些材料可以解决300亿美元的市场机会，广泛应用于许多行业，包括建筑，汽车，国防，能源基础设施等，第二阶段的工作将集中在开发外部建筑材料，预计未来五年的商业潜力为8.82亿美元。此外，这种新型可持续复合材料将带来多方面的影响，包括1）显著降低重量和成本，使其能够用于结构部件和节能汽车; 2）与传统材料相比，提高了绿色建筑的防水和防紫外线（UV）性能，优化了室内环境质量，降低了维护成本; 3）由于这些复合材料的高振动阻尼和抗冲击性，更坚固的建筑材料和更安全的车辆面板; 4）使用可再生资源进行可持续材料生产，以实现能源和环境效率;以及5）潜在的LEED信贷和/或对最终用户的退税。第二阶段计划的技术目标是确定轻质和高强度天然纤维复合材料的全面生产参数，性能规格和质量控制程序，为这些产品用于外部建筑材料的商业化做准备。通过第一阶段的努力，已成功开发了两种原型产品，以解决这些市场中现有建筑材料（如胶合板、纤维水泥板）的高成本和低耐用性问题。该计划的具体技术目标包括通过建模和实验工作确定复合材料的抗弯刚度，优化产品性能和成本，确定全尺寸生产参数和质量控制程序，并对最终产品进行使用寿命表征。该计划的技术成果将使新型绿色复合材料的生产成为可能，从而创造出可持续的建筑材料，并为外部建筑市场的最终用户提供更强大的价值主张。