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

易锌是一家总部位于多伦多的公司，拥有改变游戏规则的长时间储能技术，该公司开发了一项突破性的电化学技术，用于在金属锌中储能。这一低成本、灵活和可持续时间长的能源储存解决方案将为全球能源市场提供完全由可再生能源提供动力的平台，实现零碳能源未来。电子锌系统的关键部件是内部开发的空气阴极。该公司已将其产品样本提供给外部协作者，并已针对协作者的应用程序进行了验证。然而，e-锌目前没有能力满足其外部方的短期和长期需求。E-锌与兰伯顿学院的这个合作项目将调查e-锌空气阴极的制造，e-锌空气阴极的成本预测，以及e-锌自身长期储能技术体现之外的市场需求。总体目标是建立一个中试规模的半自动生产流程，以制造e-Zine的空气阴极，并满足内部和外部的空气阴极需求。随着e-Zinc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-锌的电化学电池技术将达到18.0亿美元，预计增长~14%。该项目的成功完成还将导致在安大略省建立新的制造工艺，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，并以中试工厂为模板进行全面运营。这可能会创造多达50个全职就业岗位。事实上，e-Zinc的能源储存解决方案还将提供环境效益，如降低化石燃料消耗。

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.