PRONET: Production Resource Optimisation of SiC fibre for Net Zero Efficiency Targets

TISICS拥有独特的高性能金属基复合材料技术，将其内部的英国碳化硅纤维增强与轻质钛和铝复合材料相结合。这些技术为空间、航空航天、运输和能源领域的金属系统减轻了30%至70%的重量。这些部门的减重直接减少了二氧化碳排放，实现了全球净零排放目标。TISICS最近展示了一种比钢轻50%的起落架部件，它比钢更坚固，可以直接取代钢部件，而无需重新设计系统，并且仅通过节省燃料就可以在2年的飞行中偿还其更换成本。未来的二氧化碳排放成本将为航空公司带来进一步的成本效益。PRONET将使TISICS能够与包括过程创新中心和英国主要化学品生产商在内的行业专家合作，为高价值原料建立比目前TISICS更高的资源效率。提高资源效率有两个好处。首先，它降低了原材料成本在碳化硅纤维成本中的比例，因为原料和废料都有成本影响。其次，它减少了从原材料供应到产品制造到工厂废物处理的能源消耗。这支持TISICS在其业务活动中实现零净值的使命。随着所有部门减少碳排放的举措，mmc的市场潜力正在迅速增长。航空业很难减少，但在未来的可持续燃料、氢和先进的飞机设计之前，减轻重量是现有飞机的近期机会。减轻重量的解决方案必须既经济又适用于整个航空部门的大量需求。PRONET将为当前的生产开发资源高效的工艺选择，以及设计未来在英国的大批量纤维工厂所需的稳健方法，以满足英国和国际产品销售。这种可扩展性的展示是英国技术工业化和确保轻量化航空领域世界领先地位的关键因素，从而实现英国的NetZero承诺。客户对该项目的支持非常重要，为实现短期和长期的资源效率效益做好了准备，以应对将mmc引入航空产品的经济和技术挑战，并将其扩展到太空、能源和未来的超轻型汽车，以最大限度地提高电力经济性。

TISICS has unique high performance metal matrix composite technology to combine its in-house UK silicon carbide fibre reinforcement in light weight titanium and aluminium composites. These technologies deliver 30% to 70% weight reductions in metallic systems for space, aerospace, transport and energy sectors. Weight reduction in these sectors leads to direct reductions in CO2 emissions delivering into global Net Zero targets.TISICS has recently demonstrated a 50% lighter landing gear component which is stronger than steel, can directly replace the steel part without system redesign and would repay its replacement cost in under 2 years of flight through fuel savings alone. CO2 emission costs in the future would create further cost benefits for airlines.PRONET will enable TISICS to work with industry experts including the Centre for Process Innovation and a major UK chemical producer to establish significantly higher resource efficiency for high value feedstocks than is currently possible at TISICS. Improving resource efficiency has two benefits. Firstly it reduces raw material costs as a proportion for silicon carbide fibre costs as both the feed and waste have a cost impact. Secondly it reduces energy consumption from raw material supply through product manufacture to plant waste disposal. This supports TISICS mission towards Net Zero throughout its business activity.The market potential for MMCs is growing rapidly with the initiatives to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors. Aviation is hard to abate but weight reduction is a near term opportunity for existing aircraft ahead of future sustainable fuels, hydrogen and advanced aircraft designs. Weight reduction solutions must be both economic and available at high volumes required across the aviation sector. PRONET will develop resource efficient process options for current production as well as robust methodologies needed to design a future very high volume fibre plant based in the UK to feed UK and international product sales.This demonstration of scalability is a key element in industrialising UK technology and securing world leadership in light weighting Aviation and hence delivering Into The UK's NetZero promises.Customer support for this programme has been very significant in preparing the ambitious scope for both near term and longer term resource efficiency benefits needed to meet the economic and technical challenges of introducing MMCs into products initially in aviation but expanding to space, energy and future ultra lightweight cars to maximise electric power economics.