| | | Federal Research and Development Canada... (sounds just what Zentek is doing... Zentek is working with both CammetENERGY and the NRC on this project)
Getting green graphite to marketContact
Dr. Marc Duchesne (CanmetENERGY)
Government collaborator
National Research Council
Project summary: The purification of graphite has proven to be a bottleneck for the graphite value chain in Canada. Despite Canada’s richness in graphite resources and growing global demand, progress has stalled due to real or perceived environmental burdens associated with the purification, and limited technical know-how.
An initial techno-economic assessment and life cycle assessment completed by NRCan and its partners indicates electro-thermal purification of graphite to more than 99.9% in a fluidized bed can be valuable and have minimal environmental burdens.
This project will provide technical know-how, via publications and stakeholder engagement, based on experiments with a fluidized bed, supported by modelling and purified graphite characterization. Reliable economic and environmental assessments will also be produced to support decisions in policy, regulations and investment.
Project objectives: To spur additional investment into clean graphite purification in Canada, particularly for the piloting of a fluidized bed electro-thermal purification system, to get green graphite to market. |
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