Wyoming
Wyoming
ORNL and Wyoming-based Ramaco Carbon are exploring ways to convert coal to advanced carbon products and materials. The project is looking at ways to use coal as a feedstock for manufacturing carbon fibers, building products, and composites, as well as electrodes for energy storage devices and new materials for additive manufacturing.
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ORNL and Ramaco Carbon are innovating ways to transform coal to advanced carbon products and materials. For example, ORNL researchers have created and tested two methods for transforming coal into the scarce mineral graphite to use in batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage. They are now scaling up the technology in partnership with Ramaco, which has metallurgical coal mines in West Virginia. ORNL is also working with the company to develop methods for manufacturing coal-derived carbon fiber with high surface area for use in industrial smokestack filters. This project utilizes expertise from the ORNL Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, DOE’s only designated user facility offering a customizable platform to validate new carbon fiber technologies at semi-production scale. Learn more about energy research at ORNL.
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