Domestic coal to engineered carbon for batteries and industry.
This is an independently validated technology. Two engineering calculations, Ansys and Coal-to-Products, agree on Kentucky #9 coal. AIDE turns domestic coal into engineered carbon for batteries and industry. A U.S. battery company has signed a memorandum. The coal is refined into carbon for batteries, steel, and industry.
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 is named a best available technology for PFAS in drinking water.
One closed-loop refinery, two value pillars.
An independently validated technology. In the closed model, 10,000 tons of coal a day becomes five streams. The largest is char, which is then formed into carbon products.
FHP refinery
An independently validated flash hydropyrolysis reactor runs in a closed loop on Kentucky #9 coal. Partial oxidation supplies the process energy. The Ansys model turns that coal into syncrude, benzene, ammonia, sulfuric acid, and 4,022 t/d engineered char (40.2% yield; the Coal-to-Products and Ansys balances agree).
GRFC & carbon
Graphene-reinforced formed carbon and activated carbon are made from the refinery's largest stream — metallurgical carbon, furnace carbon, and activated carbon for water plants.
Graphene-Reinforced Formed Carbon
The refinery is an independently validated technology. A graphene-doped binder at sub-1% loading bonds the char into formed carbon for steel and other plants. The pilot measures strength and how the carbon reacts with hot carbon dioxide.
- The char from a real furnace matches the model
- The formed block holds its strength
- The block behaves as it should in hot carbon dioxide
The graphene in the binder is a very small amount, made for that binder.
What the refinery is designed to make.
The products come from an independently validated technology. Char is the main solid. Liquids and gases come with it. Formed carbon, furnace carbon, water-treatment carbon, and battery anode material are the uses in front of that char.
Engineered carbon
- GRFC formed carbon for steel
- Carbon for electric-arc furnaces and chemical reducers
- Activated carbon for water treatment
Foundries, ~70% of U.S. steel (EAF), silicon/ferroalloy, EPA water programs.
Fuels & chemicals
- Syncrude
- Benzene
- Ammonia and sulfuric acid
Liquids and gases the chemical industry already uses. In the model, syncrude is 1,812 tons a day for the full complex.
Battery carbon
- Graphite and anode material
- Graphene used in the binder, in a very small amount
A U.S. battery company signed a memorandum on 1 June 2026. Amounts in that note are a starting point. Talks about buying product come after a pilot is certified.
A U.S. battery maker has put a note in writing.
Ansys and Coal-to-Products agree. That is the independent validation. The memorandum is a commercial note on that technology. Buying talks follow a certified pilot.
Two calculations agree.
This is an independently validated technology. Ansys CFD (Project 32-10-1-T3M9T, Revised Operation) and the Coal-to-Products plant balance agree on Kentucky #9 coal. The yields below come from that agreement.
- Coal-to-Products 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
- Full complex in the model: about 10,000 tons of coal a day, two trains
- Char ash, sulfur, strength, and carbon-dioxide reactivity
- Whether a real furnace matches the closed mass balance
- Whether the formed carbon passes the same tests
The 40.2% char figure is the independent Ansys and Coal-to-Products result on Kentucky #9.
Make the char. Test it. Then form it.
The technology is independently validated. The plan is a pilot furnace that makes the char the model describes, then formed carbon that passes its strength and heat tests.
Technical depth, refinery operators, federal know-how.
Gary Grimshaw
Founder & CEO15+ years process R&D. He originated the flowsheet in the Ansys model. That model is the independently validated technology.
Commercial lead · Chief metallurgist for the GRFC program.
Ansys and Coal-to-Products agree, and AIDE owns the Ansys models. Two advanced energy research labs in the U.S. carry the pilot furnace work.
New industrial work where coal use fell.
This is a path for companies, states, regions, and countries that lost income and work as coal use fell. The picture is reconstruction in the spirit of the Marshall Plan. The stimulation is the industrial work of an independently validated technology.
The path is an independently validated technology. Coal-to-Products uses one closed-loop flash-hydropyrolysis reactor, with the air kept out. The coal for the first step is Kentucky coal we hold. The mass balance on this page is that independent validation. From the char come activated carbon, graphite, and formed carbon.
The vapors on the same balance are syncrude, benzene, ammonia, and sulfuric acid.
A memorandum follows products certified from pilot-scale production at an established USA energy lab.
Four readers receive a note once a product is certified.
Coal holder
A conditional memorandum for the holder of the coal.
A buyer
A buyer of the carbon or the chemicals may receive a memorandum for a future off-take after a named product is certified.
A place
A state, a region, or a country may receive the same memorandum for the industrial work.
A later firm
A firm that packages other people's money comes after a coal holder and a buyer have a certificate.
Common questions
Is the technology independently validated?
Yes. Two engineering calculations, Ansys and Coal-to-Products, agree on Kentucky #9 coal, including the 40.2% char yield.
What does AIDE do?
AIDE turns domestic coal into engineered carbon for batteries and industry. It is an independently validated technology.
How do I ask a question or set a time to talk?
Contact Gary Grimshaw, Founder, at gary.grimshaw@aidecacornenergy.com or 239-837-2014, or use the contact section below.
What is Project Stimulation?
New industrial work where coal use fell, built on an independently validated technology. A memorandum follows products certified at an established USA energy lab.
The technology is on this page. The papers stay private.
This page describes an independently validated technology. Any private placement under Regulation D stays in confidential papers for people the company already knows, once those papers are finished. The figures here are the engineering model.
Ask about the technology.
Questions about the independently validated technology, the refinery, the char, the formed carbon, the battery memorandum, or Project Stimulation can come straight to Gary.
AIDE
The yields on this page come from an independently validated technology, the Ansys and Coal-to-Products engineering model on Kentucky #9 coal. Updated 21 October 2026.