July 11, 2007—Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, has announced that a major US power company plans to use Industrial Nanotech’s Nansulate nanotechnology-based coating to provide both corrosion protection and thermal insulation of its infrastructure. The total value of the project has not yet been determined and the project is expected to be ongoing.
There are areas throughout the delivery system of steam to the consumer where the public is exposed to high heat surfaces that present risk of burn injury, says Industrial Nanotech.
The power company to use Nansulate technology is described as one of the largest power producers in the US, but, Industrial Nanotech adds, this is a problem that power producers around the world face and are moving to mitigate in the interest of public and workplace safety.
According to the company, Nansulate provides power producers with a cost-effective solution that helps them deliver energy more efficiently with less thermal loss as it travels from power plant to the consumer, reduces the risk of injury from accidental contact with pipes and equipment by lowering the surface temperature to a safe level, and increases the life span of the infrastructure by protecting it against corrosion.
Nansulate is the company’s patented product line of specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology-based material and which are documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, and resistance to mold growth in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate Product Line includes both industrial and residential coatings.
For more information visit the Nanotech Web site.
