Corrosion resistant nanotechnology area
Olefins - the extracts used as the basis for products such as plastics, lubricants, and antifreeze - represent the largest group of petrochemicals manufactured in the world the process of extracting them calls for a facility lined with thousands of metres of pipe, all of which must be heated to temperatures upward of 1,000 degrees centigrade. Nanotechnology is used to design a catalytic coating that participates in the process and brings down the required operating temperature and saves billions of dollars in energy and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The fundamental benefit delivered by their nanotechnology coatings is the combination of the flexibility of metals combined with the corrosion and temperature resistance of ceramics. Quantiam has successfully developed platform coating technologies for a broad range of products and applications for addressing:
• severe materials degradation due to extreme temperatures, corrosion, or wear; and
• energy and GHG emissions reductions in major industrial processes.