DFG honors successful work: SFB 926 "Component Surfaces - Morphology on the Microscale" enters second funding phase.
At its last meeting, the Senate Committee for Collaborative Research Centres of the German Research Foundation (DFG) approved the continuation of work within the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 926 "Component Surfaces - Morphology on the Microscale", thus recognizing the successful work of the first funding phase. The work will be funded with a total of 13 million euros.
Prof. Helmut Schmidt, President of the TU Kaiserslautern: "We are proud of the dynamic and successful development of coordinated research at the TU Kaiserslautern in recent years".
The SFB 926, which was established four years ago by the DFG, brings together researchers from the departments of Mechanical and Process Engineering and Physics as well as from the Institute of Surface and Coating Analysis. The aim of the SFB 926 is to research the scientific fundamentals of the relationships between the generation, characterization and application of function-specific component surfaces. The focus is on the microscale, i.e. on a size range in the dimension carried out jointly with the Chair of Thermodynamics under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Compared to other cryogenic cooling methods, mono-ethylene glycol offers a higher heat capacity, a higher heat transfer coefficient and good wetting and lubricating properties. In addition to PETROFER Chemie H.R. Fischer GmbH & Co. KG, which is supporting the project in the area of additives for the cooling lubricant based on mono-ethylene glycol, BorgWarner Turbosystems GmbH will support its use under industrial conditions.
The FBK is looking forward to another four years of funding for SFB 926 projects and the cooperation with the participating chairs at TU Kaiserslautern.
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