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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Graphite production gets a makeover</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="science newswire, science press releases, science news" name="Keywords"> <meta name="description" content="Science X Science News Wire : Graphite production gets a makeover -- a press release is provided to you ìas isî with little or no review from Science X staff." /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX,FOLLOW" /> <meta name="ROBOTS" content="noodp" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://sciencex.com/wire-news/500650340/graphite-production-gets-a-makeover.html" /> <link rel="amphtml" href="https://sciencex.com/wire-news/500650340/graphite-production-gets-a-makeover.amp"> <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json"> <meta property="twitter:account_id" content="2278998996" /> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="345376492519" /> <meta property="fb:pages" content="645937085463657" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Science X Network :: Phys.org, Medical Xpress, Tech Xplore" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Science X network: Science X is a network of high quality websites with most complete and comprehensive daily coverage of the full sweep of science, technology, and medicine news" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://scx0.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v2/img/logo_70.png" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://sciencex.com/wire-news/500650340/graphite-production-gets-a-makeover.html" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://sciencex.com/wire-news/500650340/graphite-production-gets-a-makeover.html" /> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Graphite production gets a makeover" /> <meta name="twitter:image" content="" /> <meta name="thumbnail" content="" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://scx0.b-cdn.net/favicon.ico"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,700" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&subset=latin-ext" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://scx0.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v3/css/main.1323093759.css" rel="stylesheet"> <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-N4C1S5EPV1"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-N4C1S5EPV1'); </script> </head> <body> <header class="header header-start"> <div class="container"> <div class="navbar py-3"> <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sciencex.com/"> <span class="icon head_logo_white"></span> </a> <ul class="nav d-flex d-print-none"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link active" href="https://sciencex.com/profile/login/">Sign in</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/profile/register/">Register</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </header> <main> <div class="nav-tabs _topics bg-white"> <div class="container"> <ul class="nav" id="tabs" role="tablist"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/">All News</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/physorg/">Phys.org</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/medicalxpress/">Medical Xpress</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/techxplore/">Tech Xplore</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/recaps/">Recaps</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="https://sciencex.com/news/dialog/">Dialog</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-11 col-lg-9 mx-auto"> <article class="mt-5 mb-5 pb-5"> <div class="sorted-news-list text-center p-4 mb-5 d-print-none"> This Science News Wire page contains a press release issued by an organization and is provided to you <strong>"as is"</strong> with little or no review from Science X staff. </div> <h1 class="page-title mb-3">Graphite production gets a makeover</h1> <header class="mb-4"> <small> February 10th, 2025 Raven Wuebker </small> </header> <section> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-9 offset-lg-1 order-md-2"> <p>Collaboration efforts between the Texas A&M University Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering and the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) have led to innovative research on how petroleum coke is processed.</p> <p>This almost $3 million three-year research project will convert petroleum coke to graphite for energy storage. The newer process uses a lower temperature and shorter time to produce graphite from petroleum coke.</p> <p>This new catalytic graphitization technology will decrease the emissions, cost, and processing time associated with conventional synthetic graphite production.</p> <p>The research team includes groups from Associate Department Head Dr. Micah Green, Associate Professor Dr. Faruque Hasan, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory.</p> <p>The project is part of the ARPA-E VISION OPEN program that looks to transform energy in critical areas across the energy spectrum, like nuclear fusion, grid reliability and approaches to developing chemicals and fuels, according to the ARPA-E website.</p> <p>Petroleum coke is produced from crude oil. Petroleum coke can then be turned into graphite through a long, high-temperature process, Green said.</p> <p>Ultimately, this new study looks to develop new technologies to process petroleum coke to graphite where it converts fossil feedstocks into valuable carbon products rather than fuels.</p> <p>"Our grant is about changing the process by using catalysts so we can make petroleum coke into synthetic graphite that's good for applications like batteries and for reducing American reliance on foreign sources of graphite," Green said.</p> <p>Graphite is valuable for its use in batteries. If converted from petroleum coke, this approach could lead to new sources for components in Li-ion batteries, according to the ARPA-E website.</p> <p>"We are not only just solving one problem, in a sense this also reduces emissions," Hasan said.</p> <p>Typically, the process involves heating petroleum coke to 3000 °C in a days-long process where the petroleum coke is formed into a powder. It is then mixed with an iron powder and is heat-treated.</p> <p>"My group is very involved in the actual synthesis and developing the catalyst and showing how that process can be scaled up," Green said. "We have already done some proof-of-concept experiments at the lab scale, but to transition into industry, we need to show that it can be done at a large scale."</p> <p>Hasan's group plans on analyzing the technology for its impact in terms of reducing cost, life cycle emissions, and greenhouse gases.</p> <p>With new technologies, challenges arise to scale-up due to lack of reliable designs and estimates on their techno-economic viability at different scales, Hansan said. The goal is to bridge this gap.</p> <p>"My group specializes in computational modeling, simulation and optimization of emerging technologies," Hasan said. "In particular, we will determine optimal process design and operability domains for this exciting new technology developed in Dr. Green's lab for producing highly value-added chemical products from petroleum coke in a sustainable manner."</p> <p>Provided by Texas A&M University College of Engineering</p> <!-- print only --> <div class="d-none d-print-block"> <div class="mb-4"> <strong>Citation</strong>: Graphite production gets a makeover (2025, February 10) retrieved 20 February 2025 from https://sciencex.com/wire-news/500650340/graphite-production-gets-a-makeover.html </div> <div class="border text-muted p-3"> This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. 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