• DocumentCode
    2990168
  • Title

    Minimum exergy requirements for the manufacturing of carbon nanotubes

  • Author

    Gutowski, Timothy G. ; Liow, John Y H ; Sekulic, Dusan P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    17-19 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this paper is to address both the high values, and the large variation in reported values for the energy requirements for the production of carbon nanotubes. The paper includes an estimate of the standard chemical exergy for single walled carbon nanotubes, as well as a historical look at how the minimum physical flow exergy improved as the HiPco process developed.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; energy consumption; exergy; manufacturing processes; HiPco process; high pressure carbon monoxide process; minimum exergy requirements; minimum physical flow exergy; production energy requirements; single walled carbon nanotubes manufacturing; standard chemical exergy; Anodes; Atmosphere; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical compounds; Chemical processes; Chemical technology; Chemical vapor deposition; Manufacturing processes; Mass production; Standards development; Carbon Nanotubes; Exergy Analysis; SWNT;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7094-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507687
  • Filename
    5507687