University of Kentucky
United States
DOE Hydrogen Program
HCF
Low-Cost, High-Strength Hollow Carbon Fiber for Compressed Gas Storage Tanks
Project overview
Hollow carbon fibre for high-pressure tanks
Consortium
Collaborating organisations
Publicly available roster. Each verified country is shown with its flag.
Solvay Composite Materials
Country not verified
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
Steelhead Composites
Country not verified
Advanced Fiber Technologies
Country not verified
Strategic Analysis
Country not verified
Composite-material relevance
Core
Objectives and expected results
Reduce effective fibre density and cost while retaining high mechanical performance, then manufacture and test pressure-vessel prototypes with improved kWh/kg and system cost.
Technology, materials and applications
Technology tags
Included
Material families
Hollow carbon fibres, CFRP
Manufacturing processes
Continuous thermal treatment, fibre testing, prototype COPV, reuse/recycling
Application sectors
Hydrogen, Automotive, Heavy-duty vehicles
Fibre and matrix systems
Carbon fibre /
TRL
Not specified to Not specified
Funding and verification
Funding authority
U.S. Department of Energy
Funding call
Hollow carbon fibre for COPVs
Total project budget
USD 3527260.00