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Applications of Nano Coating in
Air-Conditioning Technology
Basic Principles and Practical
Examples
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Coating Materials via
Sol-Gel Process
•Novel synthesis routes for
coating materials
•Production of particles in
Nanometer-scale
•Specific adjustment of
coating properties
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Organic-Inorganic Hybrid-Polymeres
Resistant against:
- UV-Light
- Temperature (-cycles)
- Environmental influences
(Hydrolysis, Weathering etc.)
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Nano coatings on Metals:
•Abandonment of hexavalent Chromium
and other Heavy Metals
•Thin Coatings
•Very low Material Consumption
•Improved Coating Properties
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Coating Properties:
Caoting thickness:
Clearcoating: 3 - 5 microns
Pigmented: 5 - 15 microns
Adhesion to:
Metals (Al, Mg, Stainless Steel ...)
Glass / Ceramic
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Single-Component Coatings
Thin Coatings for Light Metals and Stainless-Steel
Excellent Corrosion Protection and easy-to-clean
Properties
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Advantages of Coatings:
•Abandonment of hexavalent Chromium and
other Heavy Metals
•Pre- treatment is reduced to Alkaline Cleaning
•Thin Coatings, low Material Consumption
•Improved Coating Properties
Application Examples: LORDAN
Air-Conditioning Technology
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Sources of Contamination:
• Dust (for example from Grinding Machines)
• Abrasion
• Fluff Ball (from Textiles, Polymers)
• Oleiferous Air
• Acidic Air
Satrting point: Cooling unit at grinding machine LORDAN
Cooling unit in elctrical control cabinet
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at textile industry
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Today‘s Solutions:
• Use of Filter Pads
• Continuous cleaning with compressed-air
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Customer‘s statements about Maintenance:
• No more maintenance wanted
• Maintenance is expensive
• We have no financial and human resources for maintenance
• Devices should work for their whole life
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Advantages:
• Specific adjustment of coating properties possible
• Here: Easy-to-clean properties
• New coating materials are based on high chemical bonding energy
•Resistant against temperature and environmental influences
• Chemical basis shows stable soil-resisting properties
• Non-polar surface properties
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Why Nano coating?
Advantages:
- Environment friendly production process: Conventional coating use
Chromium, Zirconium or Titanium on Aluminium surfaces
- These pretreatments can be avoided
- Liquid coating materials
Quality testings: LORDAN
- Acidic Humidity: (30 Cycles, 0.2 SO2) ISO 3231
- Constant Humidity: (1,000 h) DIN 50 017
- Salt-Spray: (> 3,000 h) ESS ISO 9227
- Boiling test: (2 h dest. Water)
- UV-Resistance: QUV 300 h ISO 11507
- Heat transfer: DIN 3168
Positive test results: - No damaging, blistering or
softening of the coating!
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Salt-Spray-Testing (2000 hours)
Galvanized end
plates and copper
tubes are all totally
corroded.
Fins and fins edge
show no sign of
corrosion!
Results of practical testings:
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Used during production of carbon brushes for
electric motors
10. Februar 2006 5. September 2006 7. März 2007 12. September 2007
Results of practical testings:
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Used in casting house and finishing of stainless steel pipes
2. Juni 2006 7. November 2006 18. April 2007 14. September 2007
Electrical controle cabinet cooling unit at brake-
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disc production
Present state:
- Fleece filter is changed continuously, yearly total cleaning of the unit
- Fleece filter are strongly contaminated after 15 days of use
- Condenser is already polluted, traces of oil
Electrical controle cabinet cooling unit with
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Nano coating
- Condenser is clean,
- Examination with Endoscope and fleece paper show no traces of pollution
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Energy balance at the use of Nano coatings:
-Energy consumption is reduced 30 % in comparison to
uncoated parts!
-Equivalent CO2-output also reduced 30 %!
3,500 kg
3,000 kg
2,500 kg
2,000 kg
1,500 kg 1092
1,000 kg
500 kg
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Clean Polluted Difference
Only 3% of greenhouse effect results from freezing agents, but 97%
are a result of Energy consumption of the cooling units.
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Resume and Future prospects
• Reduced adhesion of dust particles at the fins of the condensors, leading to
increased economic life-time and extended service intervalls
• Successful use in technical units since 2000
• Production process is eco-friendly and energy-saving
• Reduction of power drop of the cooling units in continuous duty, resulting in
high energy efficiancy
• In many industrial applications (dry dust) no use of fleece filters needed
• Easy-to-clean surface
