Objective "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." Fields of science 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 Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator Global Nanotechnologies S.A. for the Design, Development, Production and Trading of Nanotechnology Materials EU contribution € 572 890,40 Address Mesogion Avenue 401 15343 Aghia Paraskevi Greece See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Vassilis Alexandrakis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all "NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS""" Greece EU contribution € 522 156,47 Address END OF PATRIARCHOU GRIGORIOU E AND 27 NEAPOLEOS STREET 15341 Agia Paraskevi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Euripides Papadopoulos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BIONANOVATE LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 599 223,68 Address HOLY ROOD CLOSE UNIT 4 K&B ESTATE CREEKMOOR BH17 7BP POOLE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paul Booker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KINGSTON UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION United Kingdom EU contribution € 772 471,92 Address RIVER HOUSE HIGH STREET 53-57 KT1 1LQ Kingston Upon Thames See on map Region London Outer London — South Merton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jo Haigh (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC United Kingdom EU contribution € 405 926,40 Address WATERSIDE UB7 0GB HARMONDSWORTH See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tim Jones (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
