Abstract:
A machining system includes a support configured to retain an article, such as a rotor disk, having an area, such as a surface of a slot in the disk. A cutting tool, for example, a broach, is movable relative to the support to cut the area. A heating member, such as a laser, is configured to locally heat the area of the article. In one example, the cutting tool includes a body having a cutting edge. The heating member is supported by the body and is configured to provide heat adjacent to the cutting edge. The cutting edge cuts the locally heated area while the area is still heated.
Abstract:
Non-line-of-sight processes for coating complex shaped structures such as metal and ceramic based gas turbine components are disclosed. The processes rely on slurry based methods of coating application, and microwave or plasma arc lamp heating.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fluid purification device that has a deactivation resistant photocatalyst having nanocrystallites of less than 14 nanometers (nm) in diameter with at least 200 m2 surface area/cm3 of skeletal volume in cylindrical pores of 5 nm in diameter or larger, with the mode of the pore size distribution 10 nm or more.
Abstract translation:本公开内容涉及一种流体净化装置,其具有抗失活光催化剂,其具有直径小于14纳米(nm)的纳米晶体,直径为5nm或更大的圆柱形孔中具有至少200m 2的表面积/ cm 3的骨架体积, 孔径分布的模式为10nm以上。
Abstract:
A tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst coating oxidizes contaminants in the air that adsorb onto the coating into water, carbon dioxide, and other substances. The tungsten oxide forms a monolayer on the titanium dioxide. When photons of the ultraviolet light are absorbed by the tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst coating, an electron is promoted from the valence band to the conduction band, producing a hole in the valence band. The holes in the valence band react with water applied on the tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst coating, forming reactive hydroxyl radicals. When a contaminant in the air is adsorbed onto the tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst, the hydroxyl radical attacks the contaminant, abstracting a hydrogen atom from the contaminant. The hydroxyl radical oxidizes the contaminant, producing water, carbon dioxide, and other substances. The tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalytic coating has low sensitivity to humidity variations.
Abstract:
A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells each having an anode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer, the fuel cells each having a first effective thermal expansion coefficient; a plurality of bipolar plates positioned between adjacent fuel cells having an anode interconnect, a separator plate, and a cathode interconnect, the bipolar plates being positioned between adjacent fuel cells, wherein the anode interconnect is in electrical communication with the anode layer of one adjacent fuel cell, wherein the cathode interconnect is in electrical communication with the cathode layer of another adjacent fuel cell, and wherein at least one interconnect of the cathode interconnect and the anode interconnect has a second thermal expansion coefficient and is adapted to reduce strain between the at least one interconnect and an adjacent fuel cell due to differences between the first and second thermal expansion coefficients over repeated thermal cycles.
Abstract:
The present invention is a process for modifying the properties of a porous freeform fabricated part by increasing its density and reducing its porosity. The porosity and density of a freeform fabricated part are altered by packing the pores in a freeform part with an infiltrant, such as a preceramic polymer. The process includes drawing a vacuum on or pressurizing the freeform part while it is in an infiltrant bath, thereby forcing the infiltrant into the pores of the freeform part. After removing the densified freeform part from the infiltrant bath, the freeform part is subjected to a treating process, such that the infiltrant within the pores transforms to a ceramic or ceramic-containing phase to thereby increasing the density of the freeform part.
Abstract:
A composite article includes a substrate, at least one protective layer on the substrate, and an intermediate layer between the protective layer and the substrate. The intermediate layer includes a first material that occupies a first continuous region and a second material that occupies a second continuous region next to the first continuous region. The first continuous region and the second continuous region are each in contact with the substrate and the protective layer.
Abstract:
A process for applying an oxidation resistant coating to an article includes the steps of mixing at least about 10% by volume to up to about 99% by volume of a slurry at least one silica based material having a viscosity of about 1×102 poise to about 1×107 poise at a temperature of about 1,292° F. (700° C.) to about 3,272° F. (1,800° C.) at least about 1% by volume to up to about 90% by volume of the slurry at least one oxygen scavenger, and a liquid medium to form the slurry; coating an article with the slurry to form a slurry coated article; and heat treating under an inert atmosphere the slurry coated article to form an article having at least one oxidation resistant coating layer containing the at least one oxygen scavenger.
Abstract:
A coated article includes a substrate and a superhydrophobic coating on the substrate. The superhydrophobic coating is a composite of a silicone polymer and particles that are inherently hydrophobic or surface-functionalized with a hydrophobic agent.
Abstract:
A refractory ceramic composite having a fibrous ceramic core and a solid ceramic coating is provided. An intermediate for making refractory composite ceramics is also provided. The intermediate includes a reaction product of a refractory metal and a carbon based felt, wherein a quantity of the refractory metal present is stoichiometrically non-equivalent to a quantity of carbon present during the formation of the reaction product so that the reaction product comprises a ceramic based felt having free, unreacted refractory metal thereon.