Investigation and Development of e-Zinc Air Cathode Pilot Production Line

电子锌空气阴极中试生产线的研究与开发

• 批准号: 561573-2021
• 负责人: Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724123
• 关键词: Investigation; Development; Zinc; Air; Cathode

e-Zinc is a Toronto-based company with a game-changing long-duration energy storage technology, which has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world's energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbon energy future. The critical component of the e-Zinc system is the air cathode that was developed in-house. The company has provided its product samples to an external collaborator and has been validated for the collaborator's application. However, e-Zinc currently does not have the production capabilities to fulfill its external party's short- and long-term needs. This collaborative project between e-Zinc and Lambton College will investigate the manufacturing of e-Zinc's air cathode, e-Zinc's air cathode cost projections,?and?the market demand outside of e-Zinc's own long-duration energy storage technology embodiment. The overall goal is to build a semi-automated production procedure at a pilot scale to manufacture e-Zinc's air cathodes and fulfill the internal and external air cathode demand. With a successful outcome of the pilot scale-up of e-Zinc's air cathode manufacturing process, the company plans to use the technology for captive use in its energy storage systems. It is expected that by 2022 e-Zinc's electrochemical cell technology will reach USD 18.% Billion with an estimated growth of ~14%. The successful completion of the project would also lead to a new manufacturing process in Ontario and create at least 3 new full-time positions at e-Zinc. Furthermore, the company plans to move on to the full production stage and use the pilot plant as a template for full-scale operation. This could create as many as 50 FTE positions. Indeed, e-Zinc's energy storage solution would also provide environmental benefits such as lowering fossil fuel consumption.

e-Zinc是一家总部位于多伦多的公司，拥有改变游戏规则的长期储能技术，该公司开发了一种突破性的电化学技术，用于在锌金属中存储能量。这种低成本、灵活、长期的储能解决方案将为世界能源市场提供一个完全由可再生能源驱动的平台，从而实现零碳能源的未来。e-锌系统的关键部件是内部开发的空气阴极。该公司已向外部合作者提供了其产品样品，并已为合作者的应用程序进行了验证。然而，e-Zinc目前没有生产能力来满足其外部方的短期和长期需求。e-Zinc和兰姆顿学院之间的这个合作项目将研究e-Zinc的空气阴极的制造，e-Zinc的空气阴极的成本预测，以及？市场需求以外的是e-Zinc自身长时储能技术的体现。总体目标是建立一个中试规模的半自动化生产程序，以生产e-Zinc的空气阴极，并满足内部和外部空气阴极的需求。随着e-Zinc的空气阴极制造工艺的试点扩大取得成功，该公司计划将该技术用于其储能系统。预计到2022年，e-Zinc的电化学电池技术将达到18美元。亿美元，预计增长率约为14%。该项目的成功完成还将导致安大略省的新制造工艺，并在e-Zinc创造至少3个新的全职职位。此外，该公司计划进入全面生产阶段，并将试点工厂作为全面运营的模板。这可能会创造多达50个全职职位。事实上，e-Zinc的储能解决方案也将提供环境效益，如降低化石燃料的消耗。