Obiettivo "The efficiency of modern transportation is severely compromised by the prevalence of turbulent drag and icing. The high level of turbulent skin-friction occurring, e.g. on the surface of an aircraft, is responsible for excess fuel consumption and increased carbon emissions. The environmental, political, and economic pressure to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions associated with transportation means that reducing turbulent skin-friction drag is a pressing engineering problem.The current project will tackle this problem with the development of superhydrophobic nanostructured top coatings, which do not only exhibit improved aerodynamic efficiency but at the same time they prevent icing on the aircraft. The nanostructured coatings will be based on metal oxides or nanostructured carbon (carbon nanotubes or graphene). Both types of nanoparticles can become superhydrophobic by suitable surface treatment while nanostructured carbon can also thermally activate the coating using the plane's on-board electrical system.The proposed project involves the synthesis and chemical modification of ad-hoc nanoparticles. The latter will be employed for the synthesis of novel composite coatings, based on epoxy or polyacrylic resins, which will be characterized to obtain information on the structure and topology of the coatings. Wind tunnel tests, in combination with fluid dynamics modeling, will be conducted to optimise the application methods and the effect of different substrates, icing fluids, contaminants etc., thus correlating the aerodynamic and de-icing behavior to the morphology of the material. The performance of the developed coatings will be compared with that of existing coatings already produced by a partner of the consortium. The material with the most promising characterization data will be produced in large-scale and provided to the partner “British Airways” for applying it as outer coating in three aircrafts for testing it in flight conditions." Campo scientifico engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructuresgraphenenatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programma(i) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Invito a presentare proposte FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinatore Global Nanotechnologies S.A. for the Design, Development, Production and Trading of Nanotechnology Materials Contributo UE € 572 890,40 Indirizzo Mesogion Avenue 401 15343 Aghia Paraskevi Grecia Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Vassilis Alexandrakis (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (4) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto "NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS""" Grecia Contributo UE € 522 156,47 Indirizzo END OF PATRIARCHOU GRIGORIOU E AND 27 NEAPOLEOS STREET 15341 Agia Paraskevi Mostra sulla mappa Regione Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Euripides Papadopoulos (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato BIONANOVATE LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 599 223,68 Indirizzo HOLY ROOD CLOSE UNIT 4 K&B ESTATE CREEKMOOR BH17 7BP POOLE Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Paul Booker (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato KINGSTON UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION Regno Unito Contributo UE € 772 471,92 Indirizzo RIVER HOUSE HIGH STREET 53-57 KT1 1LQ Kingston Upon Thames Mostra sulla mappa Regione London Outer London — South Merton Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Jo Haigh (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC Regno Unito Contributo UE € 405 926,40 Indirizzo WATERSIDE UB7 0GB HARMONDSWORTH Mostra sulla mappa Regione London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Tim Jones (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato