• 专利标题:   Producing carbon fiber, where carbon fiber is used in variety of composite materials, involves subjecting raw coal to liquefaction process to form pitch or pitch resin, refining pitch or pitch resin to produce mesophase pitch.
  • 专利号:   US2022010462-A1, WO2022015769-A3, WO2022015769-A2, EP4179135-A2
  • 发明人:   YURCHICK C L, ATKINS C A, TARGETT M
  • 专利权人:   CARBON HOLDINGS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, RAMACO CARBON LLC, RAMACO CARBON LLC
  • 国际专利分类:   C01B032/19, D01F009/15, H01M010/54, H01M004/583, D01F006/60, D01F006/74, D01F009/24
  • 专利详细信息:   US2022010462-A1 13 Jan 2022 D01F-009/15 202219 English
  • 申请详细信息:   US2022010462-A1 US374904 13 Jul 2021
  • 优先权号:   US051255P, US374904

▎ 摘  要

NOVELTY - Producing carbon fiber involves subjecting raw coal to a liquefaction process to form a pitch or a pitch resin. The pitch or pitch resin is refined to produce a mesophase pitch with a degree of anisotropy between 20-99%. The mesophase pitch or pitch resin is subjected to a low-crystallinity spinning process to form raw fiber. The raw fiber is subjected to a fiber stabilization process using oxygen to produce stabilized carbon fibers. The stabilized carbon fiber is subjected to a carbonization process to form a carbonized or calcinated carbon fiber. USE - Method for producing carbon fiber, where carbon fiber is used in a variety of composite materials, by virtue of its excellent properties such as high strength, high elastic modulus, and high electrical conductivity. ADVANTAGE - The method can use a low-cost and high-yielding coal-based pitch precursor that is advantageous from conventional high-cost and low-yielding PAN-based or cellulosic-based insulative fiber. The systems and methods also can provide carbon fiber products in a manner that allows low cost pitch-based carbon fiber to fulfill all useful applications in a way that significantly reduces costs versus incumbents. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method of producing graphene, which involves: (a) mixing coal with a cellulose-enriched biomass to form a biomass mixture; (b) grinding the biomass mixture into a powder; (c) subjecting the powder to a graphitization process to form a graphite; (d) acid leaching the graphite to remove impurities; and (e) shear mixing the graphite to form a graphene. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a flow chart of a method of processing coal.