Development of small-scale specialty nickel powder production process

小型特种镍粉生产工艺开发

• 批准号: 486142-2015
• 负责人: England, Andrea
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 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=641428
• 关键词: Development; small; scale; specialty; nickel

Cobric Chemicals Inc. (a developer and provider of innovative by-product management solutions) haspartnered with Sheridan College and SMART Metal Powders (a sole proprietorship providing expertise to themetal powders industry) to design and develop a scalable process to produce high-purity, micron-sized nickelpowder via nickel carbonyl technology. The process - when designed, optimized and controlled effectively -can yield specialty nickel powders that have niche market applications in a number of renewable energyindustries such as solar photovoltaic panels, rechargeable batteries and both solid oxide and molten carbonatefuel cells, as well as electronic materials used in mobile phones and flat panel displays. The process involvesthe production and decomposition of nickel tetracarbonyl under certain controlled process conditions.Specifically, the objective of this project is to design and control a process known as the Mond process to yieldspecialty powders that are not available commercially, yet are requested by end users in the renewable energyand electronics industries. Based on experience, the industry partners for this project believe that carbonyltechnology is capable of making these products. The experimental as well as theoretical modeling workproposed in this project (which is a continuation of a successful NSERC Engage grant) will address severaldesign uncertainties associated with a demonstration-scale plant that could be scaled to a commercially-viablebusiness venture.

Cobric Chemals Inc.(一家创新副产品管理解决方案的开发商和提供商)与Sheridan College和SMART金属粉末公司(一家为金属粉末行业提供专业知识的独资企业)合作，设计和开发一种可扩展的工艺，通过羰基镍技术生产高纯度、微米级的镍粉。如果有效地设计、优化和控制，该工艺可以生产出特殊的镍粉，这些镍粉在许多可再生能源行业中都有利基市场应用，如太阳能光伏电池板、充电电池、固体氧化物和熔融碳酸盐燃料电池，以及用于手机和平板显示器的电子材料。该工艺包括在一定的受控工艺条件下生产和分解四羰基镍。具体地说，该项目的目标是设计和控制一种称为蒙德工艺的工艺，以生产商业上无法获得的、但可再生能源和电子行业的最终用户要求的特种粉末。根据经验，该项目的行业合作伙伴相信，羰基技术有能力制造这些产品。该项目中提出的实验和理论建模工作(这是成功的NSERC Engage赠款的延续)将解决与示范规模的工厂相关的几个设计不确定性，该工厂可以扩大到商业上可行的商业企业。