Last year, Alberta Innovates received $10 million from Prairies Economic Development Canada’s Regional Innovation Ecosystems program to establish a specialized production and testing facility to commercialize technologies which convert locally-sourced bitumen into carbon fibre. This month, the Edmonton-based facility officially opened its doors. Carbon fibre, famous for being several times stronger than steel at the […]
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Innovation Converts Bitumen Byproduct from Alberta’s Oil Sands into Carbon Fibres
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have innovated a method to transform asphaltene, a byproduct of bitumen processing, into carbon fibres. Bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands, typically restricted for use as fuel or asphalt, could now be transformed into more useful and valuable carbon nanofibres, say local experts working on the technology. UBC materials […]