Industrial Nanotech Inc. Announces Steam Pipe Project at Large Food Processing Facility
04 April 2011 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global
leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today
announced that application of the Company's patented Nansulate®
energy saving protective coatings at one of the world’s largest
food processing facilities is underway.
“Nansulate’s ability to reduce loss of heat energy from steam
pipes and protect against corrosion, reduce surface temperatures
for worker safety, and reduce condensation are valuable performance
qualities for many food processing facilities,” states Francesca
Crolley, VP of Business Development for Industrial Nanotech, Inc.
“We have had a great deal of experience successfully solving these
problems for food and beverage processing facilities around the
world, including Holiday Snacks, Kraft Foods, and Grupo Modelo,
makers of Corona beer. This relatively new project at one of the
world’s largest facilities is a natural progression of that track
record of success.”
Corrosion is the deterioration of essential properties in a
metal, due to reactions with its surroundings. In the most common
usage of the word, this means a loss of an electron of metal
reacting with either water or oxygen. Corrosion Under Insulation
(CUI) is a localized corrosion occurring at the interface of a
metal surface and the insulation on that surface. This can be a
particularly severe form of corrosion because of the difficulty in
detection due to the corrosion occurring beneath insulation.
Inspections for corrosion under insulation are generally not
completed regularly enough to eliminate this problem due to the
cost of insulation removal and replacement and cost of labor. CUI
can account for as much as 40 to 60 percent of a company’s piping
maintenance costs. A study completed in 2001 by a research team of
corrosion specialists in the USA reported the direct cost of
corrosion under insulation to be $276 billion per year, with that
number potentially doubling when indirect costs are also
considered.
Nansulate® coatings have exceeded the rigorous corrosion test
standard, GM9540P Accelerated Corrosion Test. The GM9540P is an
advanced cyclic method originally developed by General Motors and
now the corrosion test preferred by the US Navy and many
industries. GM9540P is useful because it replicates many of the
worst-case environments. The popularity of cyclic testing comes
from the improved reliability of results that can be correlated
with actual use. Testing was done simultaneously on a steel control
(uncoated) panel and panels coated with Nansulate®. The results
show that after 1 cycle of the test, the steel control (uncoated)
panel failed with 100% red rust present, and that after 24 cycles
of the test, the Nansulate coated panel passed with no red rust
present. Passing 8 cycles is considered the standard for an
anticorrosion coating. The testing was performed by Assured Testing
Services, an independent accredited laboratory specializing in
corrosion testing.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), over 45% of
all the fuel burned by U.S. manufacturers is used to create steam.
In a recent project specification the Company did for a large food
manufacturing customer utilizing a DOE table for heat loss of
uninsulated steam lines, energy savings achieved from insulating
steam lines was estimated over 2,000 feet of 4” diameter pipe at
150 PSIG pressure. Annual energy savings from use of Nansulate®
insulation and corrosion prevention coatings were estimated to be
$84,130.88, with monthly savings being $7,010.90, and payback in
less than six months. Calculators based on DOE steam heat loss
tables can be downloaded at:
www.nansulate.com/free_energy_saving_assessment.htm.
For further information on Nansulate® Sustainable Coatings
visit: www.nansulate.com
About Nansulate®
Nansulate® is the Company's patented product line of award
winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based
material and which are well-documented to provide the combined
performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention,
resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance and
lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating
formulation. The Nansulate® Product Line includes industrial,
residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings.
Additional information about the Company and its products can be
found at their websites, (www.industrial-nanotech.com) and
(www.nansulate.com). Blog: www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter:
www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer, Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Nansulate.
About Industrial Nanotech Inc.
Industrial Nanotech Inc. is a global nanoscience solutions and
research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and an
official ALLY organization with the U.S. Dept. of Energy "Save
Energy Now" program. The Company develops and commercializes new
and innovative applications for sustainable nanotechnology which
are sold worldwide.
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