Journal
NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.5772/58472
Keywords
Mild Heating Devices; Carbon Nanotubes; Cultural Heritage
Funding
- European Community [283110 - IMAT - CP, ENV-NMP.2011.2.2-5]
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Mild heating devices currently available to conservators are still limited in terms of precision, versatility, mobility, accessibility and cost. Moreover, they lack a range of operational features, such as low power requirements, efficient power use, temperature stability and uniform heat distribution. Carbon nanotube-based technologies can provide a wide range of technical solutions for overcoming these limitations, thereby allowing the development of more precise, flexible and portable heating devices. This work describes the design of an innovative carbon nanotube-based intelligent mobile accurate thermo-electrical mild heating device, to be used in the art conservation field. The device consists of three different types of flexible heating mats with different designs (opaque and ultra-thin/woven and breathable/transparent) and different operational and physical properties. The entire heating system is completed by a control unit that controls, monitors and registers the heating and by a power supply unit. First tests performed on a series of prototypes of the designed heaters showed that the device was able to convey uniform heating on different working materials, thus proving to be effective for thermal consolidation.
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