It's time to rethink materials
Materials do work. Today's materials produce significant greenhouse gas emissions. Watch the video to learn how we can use materials that do more work with less impact.
Industry has a history of displacing metals for better performance
Carbon fiber has been displacing steel and aluminum in structural applications for decades. Industries value its superior strength and light weight. But carbon fiber is also complex and energy-intense to produce. Its lack of conductivity has also limited its use to broader applications.
Galvorn has a powerful combination of high-performance properties: super strong, lightweight, flexible, corrosion-resistant, flame-resistant, cut-resistant—and conductive. Galvorn can help modernize our built world with advanced materials that are high-performing and climate positive.
We can produce high-performing sustainable materials efficiently—with a clean hydrogen byproduct
Galvorn is better performing with the potential to be a sustainable alternative. Producing this carbon nanomaterial is a fundamentally energy efficient process and offers multiple pathways to carbon-negative impact. Producing not only embodies carbon into a useful material, but it also has a clean energy byproduct: hydrogen.
In fact, the more of it we produce and use, the bigger that impact. Estimates show that Galvorn can achieve a net impact of -2.7 Gigatons CO₂e per year by 2048.
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Galvorn’s CO₂e impact has five components that make it environmentally friendly
The five components fall into two categories production processes and utilization. Each component influences Galvorn’s CO₂e impact to varying degrees. Galvorn production can achieve carbon neutrality. But the real opportunity for positive environmental impact happens when it displaces steel, aluminum, and copper.
The impact of producting Galvorn
1. Methane Feedstock:
Today multiple sources offer the methane feedstock which undergoes pyrolysis (splitting CH4 into carbon nanotubes and hydrogen). In the future, it could be possible to produce Galvorn from captured COâ‚‚e. Regardless, methane pyrolysis today can already ensure that methane and carbon dioxide emissions don't enter our atmosphere.
This part of the process can abate emissions from:
- COâ‚‚e from NG
- COâ‚‚e from RNG
- NG/RNG Mix %
2. CNT Synthesis:
You can synthesize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from hydrocarbons. The process captures the carbon (abating COâ‚‚e) and co-produces hydrogen. The emissions impact of synthesis depends on:
- COâ‚‚e from electricity used
- Synthesis efficiency
3. Galvorn Fiber Spinning:
DexMat processes raw (and recycled) carbon nanotubes to produce high-performance carbon nanotube fibers (CNTF). Electricity powers the machinery. Carbon emissions impact here depends on our electricity sources.
- COâ‚‚e from spinning
The impact of advanced carbon utilization
4. Displacement of Incumbent Materials:
While Galvorn can be sustainably produced, its gigaton impact is achieved by displacing dirty incumbent materials. The materials with the biggest CO2 emissions are:
- Steel
- Aluminum
- Copper
5. Lightweighting Transportation:
Galvorn can displace many times its mass in dirty incumbent materials. The applications also benefit from lightweighting and more efficient use of fuel/energy.
- CO₂e reduction from lower fuel consumption
Utilization of advanced carbon materials can avoid massive COâ‚‚ emissions
We cannot solve the climate crisis without transitioning to clean modern materials. Galvorn offers a climate-positive solution that meets the performance requirements of applications across a swath of industries.