Miniature electrospinning system for in-situ coating application by drone

Información del proyecto

Nanofix

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101034857

DOI

10.3030/101034857

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 10 Marzo 2021

Fecha de inicio 1 Abril 2021

Fecha de finalización 31 Marzo 2022

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Coste total

Sin datos

Aportación de la UE

€ 100 000,00

Coordinado por

LINARI ENGINEERING SRL
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Nanofix (Miniature electrospinning system for in-situ coating application by drone)

Período documentado: 2021-04-01 hasta 2022-03-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Nanofix project aim to reduce the dangerous effect of corrosion and overload generated from weather phenomena like snow, ice and rain or chemicals from industrial exhaust gas on outdoor metallic elements like electric aerial cables, pipes and metallic frames.
These outdoor infrastructures are often critical ones to provide electricity, internet access or natural gas to cities and even countries, for this reason their operational continuity and resiliency is a mandatory requirements and every advance in the field must be adopted.
With Nanofix technology will be demonstrated the possibility to protect metallic critical cables and pipes using a small flying drone equipped with an innovative, miniature electrospinning apparatus to apply a thin, micrometric layer of polymeric nanofibers able to prevent corrosion and mechanical overload limiting the adhesion of water, snow, ice and corrosive particles/liquid with a proper selection of applied polymer and nanofiber morphology.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

A special electrospinning miniature system able to be operated from remote as flying drone payload will be designed and built to operate in a controlled space for live demo sessions.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

Use of electrospinning technology, thanks to strong electric field, prevent aerosol formation and nanomaterial dispersion during the process, reducing environmental impact of Nanofix coating application. Very low quantity of materials used for the nano coating (in the order of grams per km) is an other key feature of Nanofix process.
During this project a prototype of flying drones with miniature electrospinning system will be shown to potential customers in live demo sessions to promote the commercial adoption and to search industrial partners for large scale applications.

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