Graphite thermal management products improved

拟议的研究合作伙伴西蒙弗雷泽大学（SFU）和谢里丹学院（SC）与三家加拿大公司，旨在提高拟议的石墨基热管理产品的性能和市场竞争力。石墨是一种先进的工程材料，其关键性能使其成为新兴“绿色”能源系统、汽车部件和暖通空调（HVAC）系统中应用的绝佳候选材料。Terrella Energy Systems最近开发了一种辊压工艺，可以大批量、低成本地生产微图案化、涂层和柔性石墨板。第二个工业合作伙伴Alpha Technologies是一家领先的电信/电子制造商，正在为其电信/电子系统开发下一代“绿色”冷却解决方案。第三个工业合作伙伴韦斯特波特创新公司有兴趣将石墨热交换器集成到其天然气燃料系统中，即，重型卡车的热交换器。该研究项目的灵感来自工业合作伙伴的要求，并具有产生知识产权的强大潜力，从而导致先进的制造工艺和新的高效石墨热产品。* 加拿大是原石墨的第五大出口国。拟议的石墨产品瞄准了400亿美元/年的战略热管理产品市场。该项目的成果将有助于加强SC，SFU和加拿大公司之间的研究合作，并将加速这一有前途的技术的开发和商业化。它还将通过低成本石墨热管理产品的改进和针对目标市场的产品性能改进所获得的市场优势，使参与公司受益匪浅。此外，该项目还将为制造业和能源行业以及自然资源部门及其供应链带来重要的培训和未来的商业和就业机会。********

The proposed research collaboration partners Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Sheridan College (SC) with three Canadian companies and aims to improve the performance and market competitiveness of the proposed graphite-based thermal management products. Graphite is an advanced engineering material with key properties that makes it an excellent candidate for applications in emerging 'green' energy systems, automotive components, and heating ventilating air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Terrella Energy Systems recently developed a roll embossing process that allows high-volume cost-effective manufacturing of micropatterned, coated and flexible graphite sheets. The second industrial partner, Alpha Technologies, a leading telecom/electronics manufacturer, is in the process of developing next-generation 'green' cooling solutions for their telecom/electronics systems. The third industrial partner, Westport Innovations is interested to integrate graphite heat exchangers in their natural gas fuel systems, i.e., heat exchangers for heavy-duty trucks. This research project is inspired by the industrial partners' requirements and has a strong potential for generating intellectual property leading to advanced manufacturing processes and new efficient graphite thermal products. ****Canada is the fifth largest exporter of raw graphite. The proposed graphite products aim at a strategic $40 billion/year thermal management products market. The results of this project will contribute to strengthening research collaboration between SC, SFU and Canadian companies, and will accelerate the development and commercialization of this promising technology. It will also greatly benefit the participating companies through the market advantage gained from the improvement of low-cost graphite thermal management products and the performance improvement of the products for targeted markets. In addition, this project will lead to significant training and future business and employment opportunities in the manufacturing and energy industry, as well as the natural resource sector and their supply chain. ********