Carbon fibre production using Alberta oilsands asphaltenes

The scope of the project is to develop key technologies to convert Alberta oilsands asphaltenes (AOA) to carbon fibre (CF) and its commercial production. The project has three main tasks to address technological gaps. Milestone 1 will address the purification of AOA. Milestone 2 is the preparation of AOA-based precursors by chemical modification of the purified AOA from milestone 1. Milestone 3 is to investigate the spinnability of modified AOA-based precursor, its conversion into CF and the potential of large scale manufacturing.