Nano-enhanced, miscanthus-based hybrid biocomposites for light-weighting automotive applications

用于轻量化汽车应用的纳米增强芒草混合生物复合材料

• 批准号: 498906-2016
• 负责人: Misra, Manjusri
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618379
• 关键词: Nano; enhanced; miscanthus; based; hybrid

This proposal looks to design and engineer the nano-enhanced miscanthus-based biocomposites. The maintarget is to develop light-weight auto parts from polymeric biocomposites, which are cost-performancecompetitive with talc or glass fibre-filled polymer composites, currently used in automotive applications. Thescientific innovation lies in dispersing a small amount (~3-5 wt.%) of nano-particles (e.g. nanoclay andbiocarbon) along with miscanthus as hybrid reinforcement in polymer matrix system to reach appropriatemechanical, thermal and melt flow properties.The project team includes (i) Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) at the University ofGuelph, Ontario, (ii) Competitive Green Technologies (CGTech), a composite compounder in Leamington,Ontario, and (iii) 1797472 Ontario Inc. a producer of miscanthus in Leamington, Ontario. Miscanthus will besupplied by 1797472 Ontario Inc to the research team at the University. The polymeric biocomposites will bedeveloped at the BDDC, employing a range of formulations with different additives to achieve desiredphysicochemical and durable performances. Lab scale and semi-industrial scale processing techniques will beutilized at this stage. During the course of the project, iterative communications with CGTech will take place tooptimize the material formulations and their feasible industrial scale processing for the effectivecommercialization.Upon success of this project, it is expected that (i) new jobs will be created in compounding and moldingindustries, (ii) value-addition will be realized for miscanthus, and (iii) significant reduction in the consumptionof petroleum derived products will be achieved through the newly developed miscanthus based compositematerials and (iv) automotive fuel efficiency will be improved due to light-weighting of automotive parts.Moreover, successful accomplishment in this research would keep University of Guelph, and Canada, at thecutting edge of research in sustainable materials for industrial uses.

该提案旨在设计和制造纳米增强的芒草基生物复合材料。其主要目标是用聚合物生物复合材料开发轻质汽车零部件，这种材料在性价比上可与目前用于汽车的滑石或玻璃纤维填充聚合物复合材料相媲美。科学创新在于分散少量（~3-5 wt.%）的纳米颗粒（如纳米粘土和生物碳）和芒草作为混合增强剂在聚合物基体体系中，以达到适当的力学、热和熔体流动性能。项目团队包括(i)安大略省圭尔夫大学的生物制品发现与开发中心（BDDC）， （ii）安大略省利明顿的复合化合物生产商Competitive Green Technologies (CGTech)，以及（iii）安大略省利明顿的芒草生产商1797472 Ontario Inc.。芒草将由1797472 Ontario公司提供给该大学的研究团队。高分子生物复合材料将在BDDC开发，采用一系列含有不同添加剂的配方，以达到所需的物理化学和耐用性能。实验室规模和半工业规模的处理技术将在这一阶段使用。在项目过程中，将与中广科技进行反复沟通，以优化材料配方及其可行的工业规模加工，以实现有效的商业化。该项目成功后，预计(i)将在复合和成型行业创造新的就业机会，（ii）将实现芒草的增值，（iii）通过新开发的芒草复合材料将大大减少石油衍生产品的消耗，（iv）由于汽车零部件的轻量化，汽车燃油效率将得到提高。此外，这项研究的成功完成将使圭尔夫大学和加拿大在工业用可持续材料研究方面处于领先地位。