Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Technology Development

The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTS) to establish a Low Cost Carbon Fiber Technology for Carbon Fiber Composite Applications at UTSI Advanced Carbon Based Materials Center. This project enables the UTS to develop low-cost pitch based carbon fiber useful in the manufacture of buses/bus components, lightweight railcars, and other transit vehicles. Carbon fibers could advance new applications in such areas as light weight structures, light weight paneling, fire-proof materials for seats, fuelcell electrodes, and rechargeable batteries.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $155183.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TN-26-7028-01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Chen, Roy

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Tennessee, Tullahoma

  Space Institute Research Center
  411 B.H. Goethert Parkway
  Tullahoma, TN  United States  37388-9700
• Principal Investigators:

  Vakili, Ahmad

• Start Date: 20050900
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070100
• Source Data: RiP Project 12288

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Carbon fibers; Composite structures; Fire retardants; Fireproof materials; Public transit; Rail transit; Railroad cars; Research projects; Transit vehicle operations
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458400
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Contract Numbers: TN-26-7028-01
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:42PM