Development of graphene composites for ground transportation applications

开发用于地面交通应用的石墨烯复合材料

• 批准号: 530253-2018
• 负责人: Hubert, Pascal
• 金额: $ 5.54万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=697954
• 关键词: Development; graphene; composites; ground; transportation

The use of lightweight materials in ground transportation vehicles is well aligned with most recent energy conservation regulations and policies. For example, the European Commission with the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) European Union directive requiring vehicles to be constructed of 95% recyclable materials, with 85% recoverable through reuse or mechanical recycling and 10% through energy recovery or thermal recycling. For a vehicle like the Volkswagen Golf, a 30% mass reduction of the car body, currently at 296 kg for a total vehicle weight of 1,300 kg, is feasible. For a lifetime road performance of 150,000 km, fuel consumption reduction in this lifetime is around 398 L or approximately 0.3 L/100 km fuel savings for each car. Over the last decade, fundamental researches on polymer nanocomposites have led to the development of new nanomodified polymers with improved mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. In the field of thermoset resins, the integration of nanochemicals like graphene has a huge impact on the resin physico-chemical properties such as viscosity and curing behaviour. This often results in poor processability and prevents from using these products at the industrial scale. Thus, this knowledge needs to be integrated in a more robust manufacturing environment more suitable for actual application in the ground transportation industry. This project involves the collaboration between McGill University and NanoXplore. The objective of the project is to develop applications of graphene based thermoset resin composites for ground transportation. State-of-the-art graphene integration process developed by NanoXplore will be combined to McGill's knowledge in processing of nanomodified resin multiscale composites. The automotive industry is a cornerstone of the Canadian economy and the proposed research will enable significant cost savings for automotive companies like GM, Ford, Volvo, Honda, Chrysler. Smaller companies like Decoma, Hutchinson, Magna that build composites parts, will also benefit from the results of the proposed research.

地面交通车辆中轻质材料的使用符合最新的节能法规和政策。例如，欧盟委员会的报废车辆 (ELV) 指令要求车辆由 95% 可回收材料制成，其中 85% 可通过再利用或机械回收来回收，10% 可通过能量回收或热回收来回收。对于像大众高尔夫这样的车辆，将车身重量减轻30%是可行的，目前车身重量为296公斤，总重量为1,300公斤。对于 150,000 公里的生命周期道路性能，该生命周期内的燃油消耗减少约为 398 升，或每辆车节省约 0.3 升/100 公里燃油。在过去的十年中，聚合物纳米复合材料的基础研究促进了新型纳米改性聚合物的开发，这些聚合物具有改进的机械、热和电性能。在热固性树脂领域，石墨烯等纳米化学品的整合对树脂的物理化学性质（例如粘度和固化行为）产生巨大影响。这通常会导致加工性能差并阻碍这些产品在工业规模上的使用。因此，这些知识需要集成到更强大的制造环境中，更适合地面交通行业的实际应用。该项目涉及麦吉尔大学和 NanoXplore 之间的合作。该项目的目标是开发石墨烯基热固性树脂复合材料在地面交通中的应用。 NanoXplore 开发的最先进的石墨烯集成工艺将与麦吉尔在纳米改性树脂多尺度复合材料加工方面的知识相结合。汽车工业是加拿大经济的基石，拟议的研究将为通用汽车、福特、沃尔沃、本田、克莱斯勒等汽车公司节省大量成本。 Decoma、Hutchinson、Magna 等生产复合材料零件的小型公司也将受益于拟议研究的结果。