Development of small-scale specialty nickel powder production process

Cobric Chemicals Inc.（创新副产品管理解决方案的开发商和提供商）与谢里丹学院和SMART Metal Powders（为 ** 金属粉末行业提供专业知识的独资企业）合作，设计和开发一种可扩展的工艺，通过羰基镍技术生产高纯度、微米级镍 ** 粉末。该工艺--如果设计、优化和有效控制--** 可以生产出特种镍粉，在许多可再生能源 ** 行业中具有利基市场应用，如太阳能光伏电池板、可充电电池和固体氧化物和熔融碳酸盐燃料电池 **，以及用于移动的电话和平板显示器的电子材料。该工艺涉及 ** 在某些受控工艺条件下生产和分解四羰基镍。具体而言，该项目的目标是设计和控制一种称为蒙德工艺的工艺，以生产 ** 特殊粉末，这些粉末在商业上无法获得，但可再生能源 ** 和电子行业的最终用户需要。根据经验，该项目的行业合作伙伴认为羰基 ** 技术能够制造这些产品。本项目中提出的实验和理论建模工作 **（这是成功的NSERC Engage赠款的延续）将解决与示范规模工厂相关的几个 ** 设计不确定性，该工厂可以扩展到商业上可行的 ** 商业企业。

Cobric Chemicals Inc. (a developer and provider of innovative by-product management solutions) has**partnered with Sheridan College and SMART Metal Powders (a sole proprietorship providing expertise to the**metal powders industry) to design and develop a scalable process to produce high-purity, micron-sized nickel**powder via nickel carbonyl technology. The process - when designed, optimized and controlled effectively -**can yield specialty nickel powders that have niche market applications in a number of renewable energy**industries such as solar photovoltaic panels, rechargeable batteries and both solid oxide and molten carbonate**fuel cells, as well as electronic materials used in mobile phones and flat panel displays. The process involves**the production and decomposition of nickel tetracarbonyl under certain controlled process conditions.**Specifically, the objective of this project is to design and control a process known as the Mond process to yield**specialty powders that are not available commercially, yet are requested by end users in the renewable energy**and electronics industries. Based on experience, the industry partners for this project believe that carbonyl**technology is capable of making these products. The experimental as well as theoretical modeling work**proposed in this project (which is a continuation of a successful NSERC Engage grant) will address several**design uncertainties associated with a demonstration-scale plant that could be scaled to a commercially-viable**business venture.