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Dragonfly Insulation: Manufacturing of Aerogels

蜻蜓绝缘：气凝胶的制造

基本信息

批准号：
45326
负责人：
金额：
$ 26.74万
依托单位：
DRAGONFLY INSULATION LTD
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Study
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=45326
关键词：
Dragonfly Insulation Manufacturing Aerogels

项目摘要

Aerogels are the most porous and thermally efficient materials known to man. They are used in space exploration including the capture of high-speed star-dust, cryogenic insulation for space launch vehicles and thermal insulation for Mars rovers. With their outstanding insulation properties, aerogels have great potential to be commercialised, but until now the high cost of manufacturing has prohibited their use in domestic applications. Aerogel companies working on these developments are addressing some of the major challenges facing the world over the coming decades, such as energy-efficient manufacturing processes and materials to promote energy efficiency.Many of these applications rely on the use of aerogels manufactured through a high-pressure-process or through an environmental-pressure-process with a large amount of high-cost organic drying solvent. The cost of commercial aerogel is still high due to the requirement of special pressurised chambers and high-energy consumption and/or a large amount of expensive organic solvent and is, therefore, a significant bottleneck to the future commercial potential of companies that produce or use aerogel products.Whilst there is an emerging demand for aerogel products both the traditional high-pressure manufacture of aerogel and environmental-pressure manufacture of aerogel (using high-cost organic solvent) can never practically meet the demands of the market. Currently, there is no aerogel manufacture in the UK. At Dragonfly Insulation Ltd, we aim to establish an innovative manufacturing facility for aerogels (powder/granules) in the North East of England. Our novel approach is to move from the traditional high-pressure/high-solvent-cost manufacturing process to a simple environmental pressure manufacturing process where aerogels are produced with low-cost water-based drying solvent. Our innovation facilitates such an approach for the first time.In light of this, the current proposal will enable the setting up of Dragonfly Insulation Ltd as a business hiring qualified team members, renting manufacturing/office space, paying for consultancy, legal costs and further market research. Accelerating the company's development at this stage will help Dragonfly Insulation Ltd to attract private investors for the initial development and sales of its products.

气凝胶是目前人类所知的多孔性和热效率最高的材料，它们被用于太空探索，包括捕获高速星尘，用于航天发射车辆的低温绝缘和火星漫游者的隔热。由于其出色的绝缘性能，气凝胶具有巨大的商业化潜力，但迄今为止，高昂的制造成本阻碍了其在国内的应用。致力于这些发展的气凝胶公司正在应对未来几十年全球面临的一些重大挑战，例如节能制造工艺和材料，以提高能源效率。其中许多应用依赖于使用通过高压工艺或通过大量高成本有机干燥溶剂的环境压力工艺制造的气凝胶。由于需要特殊的加压室和高能耗和/或大量昂贵的有机溶剂，商业气凝胶的成本仍然很高，因此，这是生产或使用气凝胶产品的公司未来商业潜力的一个重大瓶颈。虽然对气凝胶产品的需求正在出现，但传统的气凝胶高压制造和环境保护都是一个挑战。气凝胶的压力制造（使用高成本的有机溶剂）实际上永远不能满足市场的需求。目前，英国还没有气凝胶生产。在Dragonfly Insulation Ltd，我们的目标是在英格兰东北部建立一个创新的气凝胶（粉末/颗粒）制造工厂。我们的新方法是从传统的高压/高溶剂成本的制造工艺转移到一个简单的环境压力制造工艺，其中气凝胶是用低成本的水基干燥溶剂生产的。我们的创新首次促成了这种方法。有鉴于此，目前的提案将使Dragonfly Insulation Ltd成为一家企业，雇用合格的团队成员，租用制造/办公空间，支付咨询费，法律的费用和进一步的市场研究。在此阶段加快公司的发展将有助于Dragonfly Insulation Ltd吸引私人投资者对其产品进行初步开发和销售。