Metal (Cu,Al)/CNT Composite Wires for Energy Efficient Motors Award Number: DE-EE0007864 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15 Advanced Manufacturing Office Date: 3/30/2017 Location(s): FL Office(s): Golden Field Office
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April 13, 2017
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Metal (Cu,Al)/CNT Composite Wires for Energy Efficient Motors
Award Number: DE-EE0007864
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Date: 3/30/2017
Location(s): FL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop metal (copper and aluminum)/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites further to ready them for real world applications in electric motors.
The proposed project activities include the design, development, fabrication and characterization testing of advanced metallic/CNT composites as well as the fabrication of advanced metallic/CNT wires and characterization testing of these wires for use in electric motors. Design, development, and fabrication activities would occur in the nanomaterials laboratory on campus at UCF in Orlando, Florida. The characterization testing would take place in the material characterization facility on campus at UCF.