A knowledge-based company has used nanotechnology to produce a concrete flooring that offers a superior alternative to ordinary concrete flooring.
The resistance, durability and lifespan of these nano-based concrete flooring are higher than those of foreign and domestic counterparts, which help reduce the overall costs for users as it remains in optimal conditions for a longer period, the news portal of Vice Presidency for Science and Technology reported.
Manufactured by Aptus Iran Company with the support of the vice presidency’s Technology Development Headquarters, the product can be used in the warehouses of ports and docks where floorings experience extremely high pressure and strong mechanical shocks.
Excellent mechanical strength, anti-skid capability, low weight, impermeable surface, high resistance to impact and eye-catching appearance are among the features of this nano-based concrete flooring.
Fine-grained materials used on the top layer make it resistant to abrasion that help maintain its appearance for a longer period. As a result, these floorings are also suitable for parking lots, pavements, intersections, staircases, ramps, toll stations, refineries, gas stations and for limiting vehicle speed on roads and highways.
With over 250 employees, Aptus Iran Company also provides competitive, high quality building materials and engineering services.
Nanotech Optimizes Desalination
A knowledge-based company had earlier designed an electrodialysis system for desalination that can meet part of Iran’s drinking water needs.
Given the declining rainfall, growing population and the rising industrial demand for water worldwide, desalination is the best option for countries with access to seawater. Nevertheless, the process is expensive and consumes a great deal of energy.
However, with the use of an electrodialysis process, which consumes less energy, Payamavaran Nanotechnology Fardanegar Company has been able to provide a cost-effective solution using nanotechnology for desalination.
The process uses an electrochemical technique, whereby contaminants are removed from the aqueous solution using anionic and cationic membranes with the help of an electric current.
Some features of this domestic process include the possibility of desalination of both brackish water and seawater with an efficiency of 85-95%, consumption of less energy compared to other methods, allowing membranes to last more than five years, decreasing operating costs and making pre-treatment unnecessary.
Experts and technologists have been using different processes to bring seawater into the consumption cycle in the most environmentally friendly and inexpensive way.
In Iran, knowledge-based and innovative companies have started to localize these processes to compensate the country’s chronic water deficit.
Nano-Based Catalytic Converters
A domestic knowledge-based company has produced a catalytic converter based on nanotechnology, which is considerably cheaper than its foreign counterparts.
With the beginning of the winter season and air inversion, major industrial cities face serious challenges regarding air pollution, which has a negative effect on the physical and mental health of their citizens.
Inhaling polluted air, especially airborne particles, can cause cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and cause serious disruption in medical and industrial sectors. For this reason, city managers are looking for ways to minimize the amount of air pollution in cities.
Part of this serious problem can be solved with the help of emerging technologies and high-tech Iranian products. Nanotechnology boosts the efficiency of catalytic materials and improves the performance of catalytic converters.
For instance, nano-based catalytic converters expedite oxidation reduction, turn exhaust gas emissions into less toxic pollutants and curb air pollution.
Parto Farazan Avizeh Kimia Company can supply catalytic converters to domestic automobile companies at one-third of the price of its foreign counterparts.
While they are commonly used in passenger vehicles, other devices and machines that worsen air pollution such as mining equipment, buses, locomotives, motorbikes, trucks, electrical generators and even ships can also be equipped with this product.
Usually, these vehicles and machines use a catalytic converter in their exhaust, but in some cases, two catalytic converters are used to reduce a larger volume of air pollution.
In this product, all precious metals, including platinum, palladium and rhodium, are distributed in the form of nanoparticles on a catalytic base that has high porosity.
Another important advantage of catalytic converters is that they can transform about 98% of harmful and toxic gases produced by vehicles and machines into less harmful and toxic gases.
