Plasma based manufacture of CNT Fibre

该项目为英国提供了一种创新的制造技术，用于高性能碳纳米管纤维的商业生产。该项目将展示该技术的商业潜力，以生产符合国内和国际公司需求的材料。Success将把这项技术嵌入英国，促进对未来英国产能的投资。该项目代表着工业研究，将使高强度碳纳米管纤维的商业生产在英国得以实现。这些材料具有优异的机械性能以及高的导电性和导热性。这种高功能材料在汽车、国防、风能、航空航天、电池、过滤和体育行业有许多用途，用于电线、传感、热传递和机械支撑等应用。IUK的资金将使生产过程快速开发和商业化，以满足这些需求。该IUK项目支持碳纳米管纤维制造的关键发展，以便在反应堆内增加批量生产，并允许更好地处理碳纳米管。其结果将是一个强大的和环境可接受的过程，可以扩大到全面生产水平。该项目的应用是国际化的，建立在剑桥大学赠款资助工作的创新和研究基础上；它的成功完成将确保这项具有全球重要性的技术植根于英国。重要的是，这项工作将碳纳米管纤维制造与寻求在其创新产品中使用碳纳米管材料的跨国行业联系起来。消费者和生产商之间的密切联系使得快速的原型和制造开发能够加速工业影响。我们由剑桥大学和Q Flo Limited组成的财团与国际和英国的最终用户有着密切的联系。虽然这些最终用户公司不是应用程序的一部分，但它们将测试材料，因此将提供一种从研究到生产的方法，通过在生产和测试之间提供反馈循环来快速跟踪最佳材料的制造。这些材料的制造将使英国高价值、高性能生产的关键战略目标得以推进。碳纤维制造过程每生产一TE碳纤维产生约25 TE二氧化碳。建议的碳纳米管纤维工艺与富含氢气的废气发电相结合，可以将碳纤维和高附加值产品的二氧化碳减少80%。(参考文献1)独立报告，Williams Process Limited(2018)

"The project delivers an innovative manufacturing technique to the UK for the commercial manufacture of high performance carbon nanotube fibre. The project will demonstrate the commercial potential of the technique to produce material that aligns with the needs of national and international companies. Success will embed this technology in the UK, facilitating investment in future UK based capacity.This project represents industrial research which will enable the commercial production of high strength carbon nanotube fibre in the UK. These materials offer exceptional mechanical properties, as well as high electrical and thermal conductivity. This highly functional material has numerous uses in Automotive, Defence, Wind Energy, Aerospace, Battery, Filtration and Sports industries for applications such as electrical wiring, sensing, heat transfer and mechanical support. The IUK funding will allow the rapid development and commercialisation of the production process to meet these demands.This IUK project supports critical developments in carbon nanotube fibre manufacturing to allow increased mass production within a reactor and allows for better carbon nanotube handling. The result will be a robust and environmentally acceptable process which can be scaled to full production levels. The project is international in it's application and builds on innovation and research from grant funded work at the University of Cambridge; its successful completion will ensure that this globally important technology is anchored in the UK.Importantly, this work links carbon nanotube fibre manufacturing with the multinational industries seeking to use the materials in their innovative products. The close links between consumer and producer allow for rapid prototyping and manufacturing development for acceleration of industrial impact.Our consortium involving University of Cambridge and Q Flo Limited have strong connections with international and UK based end users. Although not part of the application, these end user companies will test materials and therefore will provide a research-to-production approach that will fast-track the manufacture of the best material by providing a feedback loop between production and testing.Manufacture of these materials will enable advancement of the critical UK strategic objective for high value, high performance production in the UK.Carbon fibre manufacturing processes generate approximately 25 te of CO2 per te of Carbon Fibre produced. The proposed CNT Fibre process, when combined with power generation from the hydrogen rich off-gas, can reduce CO2 by 80% from carbon fibre and a high value product. (ref 1)1) Independent report, Williams Process Limited (2018)"