MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

CEEX-MATNANTECH

Module I: Complex  Research & Development Projects

Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Processes

THERMOSTATIC DEVICE WITH ACTUATOR BASED ON SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY

Contract No. 92/2006

 Project Consortium:

•  National Institute of research & Development for Technical Physics Iasi,  CO

           Dr. Mihai Lozovan – Director of the project, loz@phys-iasi.ro  

•   Universitatea Tehnica "Gh. Asachi" Iasi, Facultatea de Ştiinţa şi Ingineria Materialelor, P1

          Prof. dr. eng. Constantin Baciu - Project responsible , cbaciu@tuiasi.ro

• S. C. Procomimpex S. R. L. Iasi,  P2

           Dr. ing. Dan Dragoş Vasilescu - Project responsible ,  oficeprocom@yahoo.com

Project value: 680.000 lei from budget, 30.000 lei from partner P2

 General objective of the project:

Achievement and testing of the experimental model of the thermostatic device based on SMA fworking in the range 20-80^oC

Scientific objectives:

• Design of new shape memory alloy (SMA) for thermostatic device

• Establishment of the performance criteria and of the working parameters of thermostatic device

• Physical, mechanical and structural analysis of properties of SMA

• Design, achievement and experimentation of sensing element of the thermostatic device (TD) based on SMA

• Optimization of the proposed technology for TD the dissemination on large scale of the research results.

Technical objectives:

• Design, establishment of the technology and achievement of the actuator based on SMA,

• Experimentation of the achievement technology of the actuator based on SMA,

• Achievement and testing of the experimental model of the thermostatic device based on SMA functioning in the range 20-80^oC,

• Workimg and utility demonstration of the SMA in the thermostatic devices,

• Presentation book and homologation,

• Implementation of an advanced technology of thermostatic device fabrication.