Researchers say car materials made from petroleum residues will outperform steel and carbon fiber panels. The team explained that this material they found has the same effect as steel panels, with less weight.
Automotive giant companies all over the world continue to launch their vehicles equipped with new technologies and new systems every day. For companies that compete with each other to make the fastest, most environmentally friendly and most durable vehicles, a vehicle has all these features. at the same time Having it is also very important.
Can a vehicle be light, strong and very fast at the same time? In fact, carbon fiber is used in vehicles today to achieve this. Carbon fiber has a structure that many people like as an image; as well as light and robust without weighing on the vehicles with its structure faster It allows them to go. However, this material is not used very often by automotive manufacturers due to its price. For this reason, it has been suggested that there may be another interesting material that can be used in vehicles.
Carbon fiber made from petroleum?
The paper, prepared by graduate student Asmita Jana, research scientist Nicola Ferralis, professor Jeffrey Grossman, five people from Western Research Institute and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennesse, explained that waste materials from oil refining can be used to make carbon fiber. The results of the research, which started at the request of the Ministry of Energy for a project that reduces fuel consumption and makes cars more efficient. after 4 years shared.
Researchers discovered that the material left over from refining petroleum can also be used in vehicles. This gives automotive companies a much more affordable option instead of using a carbon fiber-like material. Researchers also noted that the weight and flexibility of this material also suitable for carrying loads says it is. This material, which is thought to replace the steel panels used today, promises cheaper and lighter vehicles. The waste collected with the help of a roller system can be obtained at a much more affordable price than carbon fiber. Researchers use a pickup truck made of carbon fiber instead of steel panels. nearly double the cost says. This material obtained is almost the same as steel panels in terms of cost.
So, can vehicles produced with this material suddenly catch fire?
As soon as we hear that the material is made of petroleum, many of us think of it. “What if the car catches fire?” The question has come. The researchers used the material a fuel that is too dirty to catch fire says it is. That’s why you see your car suddenly catch fire. won’t be possible they state. Although the material looks scary from this point of view, it goes through dozens of processes by researchers and is made suitable for vehicles.
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Instead of refined or processed oil, the team ‘oil tar’ He managed to minimize the cost of the product by using the material called oil residues. The current goal of the researchers is that this material performance of vehicles to test its effect on With the support of Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers, who are experts in carbon fiber production, they continue to work meticulously on this issue.