On October 22, 2021, the installation of the electrical control part of the supercritical fluid technology equipment in the 22,000 cubic meter aerogel expansion project plant area of GZWJ Thermal Insulation Technology Corporation is accelerating the progress.
The company's new production line is expected to be put into operation at the end of the year, and GZWJ will become the largest enterprise in China that uses supercritical carbon dioxide drying technology to produce aerogels.
Aerogels are widely used in petrochemical, military, aerospace, battery, environmental protection, construction, transportation and other fields. It is currently the lightest solid material known. The porous network structure formed by the aggregation of nanometer-scale fine particles makes the aerogel thermal insulation effect 2 to 10 times that of traditional thermal insulation materials.
Into the GZWJ Material R&D and Testing Center, the company’s cutting-edge products such as aerogel lighting glass, aerogel insulation protection, and pre-oxygenated carbon fiber aerogel battery insulation sheet are displayed. "Adding different compounds, aerogel products have different forms and functions. For example, in the field of new energy vehicles, a small piece of pre-oxygenated carbon fiber aerogel battery insulation sheet can block the thermal runaway of a single cell in the series battery. 600℃ high temperature damage, this product currently accounts for 60% of the market share in China.
Aerogel has won a broad market by virtue of its excellent performance. At the same time, the company also has unique advantages in the field of supercritical fluid technology complete equipment manufacturing.
In terms of the current mainstream aerogel preparation technology path, the most mature method is to use carbon dioxide supercritical fluid drying technology. Since entering the field of supercritical fluid technology in 1996, GZWJ has actively promoted the localization of supercritical fluid technology and equipment, and has become the only high-tech enterprise in China that can provide complete sets of supercritical fluid technology equipment design, manufacturing and technology integration solutions.
"The use of supercritical fluid technology equipment is very broad. GZWJ's R&D team has successfully developed aerogel materials using the company's supercritical fluid technology equipment through technical research and cooperation with universities and scientific research institutes.
Market research and technological breakthroughs go hand in hand, and the scale of the aerogel industry continues to grow, and complete sets of supercritical fluid technology and equipment have become the two pillar industries of the company.