Domestic coal to engineered carbon for batteries and industry.
AIDE turns domestic coal into engineered carbon products for batteries and industry -- Ansys-validated mass balance, signed battery MOU, path to US supply-chain graphite and formed carbon. Not combustion for power -- refining for materials the EV supply chain, steel, and industrial carbon markets already buy.
Coal & silicon on the 2025 federal Critical Minerals List; EO 14261 expedites permitting.
On Chinese anode material -- U.S. battery makers short of compliant domestic supply.
Pig iron imported in 2025 with the largest supplier sanctioned; aging coke fleet.
Activated carbon named Best Available Technology; ~$9B funding, 3-5× demand.
One closed-loop refinery, two value pillars.
10,000 t/day of coal becomes five commodity streams -- and the largest of them, char, becomes the highest-margin product.
FHP refinery
A CFD-validated flash hydropyrolysis reactor in a closed loop on Kentucky #9 coal -- partial oxidation supplies its own process energy -- converting coal into syncrude, benzene, ammonia, sulfuric acid, and 4,022 t/d engineered char (40.2% yield; CTC + Ansys mass balance closed).
GRFC & carbon
Graphene-Reinforced Formed Carbon and activated carbon convert the refinery's largest mass stream into its highest-margin products -- metallurgical carbon, EAF/reducer carbon, and PFAS-grade activated carbon.
Graphene-Reinforced Formed Carbon
A graphene-doped binder at sub-1% loading bonds char into premium metallurgical carbon -- solving the strength & CO₂-reactivity problems that gatekept every prior formed-coke venture. Because the graphene is captive and tiny, only a producer like AIDE closes the economics.
~$290M revenue uplift on ~$80-110M incremental cost -- from a stream the refinery already produces. Illustrative; pending pilot data.
Eight streams across three tiers.
Diversified across non-correlated demand anchors -- so no single commodity cycle defines the business.
Engineered carbon
- GRFC formed carbon -- $450-700/t
- EAF / reducer carbon -- $250-600/t
- Activated carbon (PFAS) -- ~$2,400/t
Foundries, ~70% of U.S. steel (EAF), silicon/ferroalloy, EPA water programs.
Fuels & chemicals
- Syncrude -- ~$58-60/bbl
- Benzene -- ~$790/t
- Ammonia · sulfuric acid
Deep, liquid Gulf Coast and industrial markets -- the cash-flow ballast.
Battery & optionality
- Graphite / anode precursor
- Merchant graphene -- $10-20k/t
- 45Q carbon credits -- ~$85/t
FEOC-short supply; anchored by a signed battery-company MOU. Graphene is primarily captive.
A U.S. battery maker has put it in writing.
Gas and solids mass balances closed.
Ansys CFD (Project 32-10-1-T3M9T, Revised Operation) reconciled to the CTC closed plant balance on Kentucky #9 coal. Process yields in the financial model are engineering-derived -- not order-of-magnitude placeholders.
- CTC vs Ansys CFD on oil, BTX, water, CO₂, O₂ -- <1% delta
- POX reactor closure -- 4.710 -> 4.713 kg/s
- Full FHR chamber -- 7,307 ST in = out
- Dual flagship linked to Rev 2.4 P&L product slate
- Char ash, sulfur, CSR/CRI (metcoke qualification)
- Net 45Q eligible CO₂ (carrier accounting)
- Installed capex Class 5 -> ±15-20% at FEED
Workbook sheet KY #9 Mass Balance · AIDE_Financial_Model_2026-07-08.xlsx
Built to be defensible, not inflated.
Illustrative steady-state ranges for the flagship complex (2035 steady state; first full year ~2031). Companion workbook AIDE_Financial_Model_2026-07-08.xlsx, cost bridge, and downside case in the data room.
Technical depth, refinery operators, federal know-how.
Gary Grimshaw
Founder & CEO15+ years process R&D; originator of the technology estate behind AIDE's CFD-validated flowsheet.
CFO (project finance) · VP Commercial · Chief Metallurgist for the GRFC program.
Two advanced energy research labs in the U.S. -- AIDE is actively networking for bench & pilot validation. Ansys CFD -- AIDE-owned models.
Common questions
What does AIDE do?
AIDE turns domestic coal into engineered carbon products for batteries and industry — Ansys-validated mass balance, signed battery MOU, path to U.S. supply-chain graphite and formed carbon.
Is this a public investment solicitation?
No. This website is for education and partnership inquiries. Any securities discussions with accredited investors follow private placement rules and definitive documents.
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Important disclosure. This website is informational only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. Any offering is made solely to accredited investors through definitive documents. Projected revenue, EBITDA, IRR, payback, volumes, and timelines are management estimates based on assumptions, are illustrative and pending Phase 0 bench data, a commissioned third-party market study, and FEED, and are subject to significant risk; actual results may differ materially. Business Plan Rev 2.5 (2026-07-24).