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Reference Number	EP/D062101/1
Title	CHECK: Coatings for Heat Exchangers to resist Corrosion & (K)
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Energy Efficiency(Transport) 75%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Oil and gas combustion) 25%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Professor A Atkinson No email address given Materials Imperial College London
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	EPSRC
Start Date	01 June 2006
End Date	31 May 2008
Duration	24 months
Total Grant Value	£206,383
Industrial Sectors	Aerospace; Chemicals; Transport Systems and Vehicles; Defence and Marine
Region	London
Programme	User-Led Research
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor A Atkinson , Materials, Imperial College London (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Dr M Ryan , Materials, Imperial College London (0.001%)
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Objectives
Abstract	The next generation of diesel powered vehicles will be required to meet demanding targets for fuel efficiency and exhaust emissions. Recirculating the exhaust gas has the potential to make a big contribution to this goal, but some of the heat energy must be removed with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger needs to operate at elevated temperature and be resistant to corrosion and fouling by particulates emitted from the engine. Present economically viable materials cannot achieve this and so this project will develop a high temperature, antifouling corrosion resistant coating to make cheap materials (aluminium alloys and stainless steel) viable. Imperial College will develop the coatings and the undersatnding of their properties, particularly the forces that make the diesel soot particulates stick to the coating and how to prevent that. The information will be used by industrial partners to produce coated heat exchangers
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Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	01/01/07