Zenyatta Ventures {TSX.V: ZEN}
Announced that it will be commencing a research collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC)-Okanagan Campus and the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (the German Aerospace Center) to investigate the potential use of Albany Graphite for graphene and graphene oxide in new composite materials.
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Zenyatta to collaborate with German Aerospace Center on graphene composites
Zenyatta Ventures has announced that it will be commencing a new research collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC)-Okanagan Campus and the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (“DLR”, the German Aerospace Center) to investigate the potential use of Albany Graphite for graphene and graphene oxide in new composite materials.
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Separately, Zenyatta will also be working with UBC on a graphene oxide fuel additive. Research has found that graphene oxide can improve fuel economy by 7.5%, and potentially reduce emissions by 8% while increasing power by 10%.
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Dr. Sina Kheirkhah, the lead researcher for the fuel additive project, commented: “Graphene oxide is a carbon- and oxygen-rich nanomaterial which can potentially increase the combustion rate when added to jet fuel. Graphene-doping also has the potential to boost aircraft propulsive force and increase the power of land-based gas turbines”.
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