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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

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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
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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

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- 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 %!

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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