Expertise in energy transition
A- Batteries
- Recycling of critical and strategic materials (MCS): active battery materials (cathode, anode, etc.), inactive battery materials (cell case, current collector, etc.) and MCS recycling.
- Recycling of polymeric components: battery inactive materials (cell case, current collector, etc.), battery recycling (all except MCS).
- Development of current collector accessories: Battery active materials (cathode, anode, etc.), Battery inactive materials (cell housing, current collector, etc.), Recycling of critical and strategic materials (MCS), Battery recycling (all except MCS).
- Surface treatment of inactive materials
- Membrane manufacturing: Extrusion blow molding, Extrusion calendering, Extrusion coating, Extrusion coating,
- Housing production, etc.
B- Phase-change materials (PCM)
- Heat recovery
C- Green hydrogen storage tanks)
- Formulation, design, optimization, production and characterization of the thermoplastic liner of the green hydrogen storage tank.
E N E R G Y
Value of the equipment park
20 M$
Key equipment related to the energy transition
- Attrators, grinders, nano-grinders, crushers, micronizers, pulverizers, electrofracturing equipment.
- Flotation cells and columns.
- Centrifuge, concentrator, gravimetric, magnetic and electrostatic separators.
- Elemental analysis: Atomic absorption spectrometer, wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (WDXRF), inductively coupled plasma spectrometer (ICP).
- Microscopy and spectroscopy: Variable pressure scanning electron microscope & energy dispersive spectrometer (VP SEM – EDS), Optical microscope (Zeiss Axio Zoom V16), FT-IR spectrometer, Raman spectrometer – optical microscope, UV-Visible spectrometer.
- Granulometry: Cyclosizer, dynamic light scattering granulometer, acoustic and electroacoustic spectrometer, Microtrac, dynamic image analyzer, vibrating sieves.
- Preparation of powder formulations and granules for production of membranes and battery casings: Ultra-centric grinding, pulverization, granulation, powder and granule mixing, internal mixing & twin-screw extruder.
- Plastics shaping: Extrusion, Extrusion – blow molding, Extrusion – calendering, Extrusion – coating, extrusion – coating, injection.
- Surface treatment of membranes by Coating, Spraying, Plasma: Production of membranes Inactive materials battery.
- Characterization : Thermal (DSC, TGA, HDT, VST, flammability, conductivity), Mechanical and thermal (tensile, flexural, compression, Izod, Charpy, Gardner, DMA, ESCR, Tear strength, Thermal expansion coefficient (TMA)), Physical (Density/relative density, Hardness (Rockwell, Shore, Barcol), Coefficient of friction, Abrasion), Rheological (MFI, Viscosimetry (Brookfield, intrinsic, complex), Rheometry), Spectroscopic and microscopic, Chemical analysis, Aging and degradation (Accelerated aging tests (UVA, UVB, Xenon), Climatic conditioning tests (environmental chamber, salt spray), Chemical resistance tests)
Major projects related to the energy transition
A- Development of extraction, separation and purification processes
- Green hydrometallurgical process for lithium extraction from spodumene mineral.
- Hydrometallurgical process for the extraction and separation of rare earths.
- Mineralurgical process for the extraction and purification of titanium, vanadium and magnesium minerals from mine tailings.
- Mineralurgical process for extracting and purifying copper and nickel.
- Battery-grade graphite production process.
B- Development of innovative materials
- Optimization of heat dissipation from electric vehicle batteries to prevent overheating, extend battery life and reduce the risk of explosion.
- Use of phase-change materials to optimize thermal management.
- Substitution of electric vehicle parts with thermoplastics, nanocomposites and innovative fillers to reduce vehicle weight and energy consumption.
Planned projects related to the energy transition
- – Development of thermoplastic composite tanks for green hydrogen storage
(COALIA, CDCQ, UDS, UQTR)