Webinar on

smartmaterials

March 31, 2021

smartmaterials-2021

Theme: Appreciating Innovative Smart Materials for a Smart Future

Webinar on Smart materials 2021, Conference heartily invites researchers from all across the globe to attend the which is going to held on  26th March2 021. Smart materials are Smart materials technology enables us to adapt to environmental changes by activating its functions, with the theme of Appreciating Innovative Smart Materials for a Smart Future. it will provide a top forum for researchers, understudies, modern to uncover their examination work, to Share their insight in the field of smart materials. Smart materials provides an appealing moment to meet people in the experimentation field and therefore it takes a pleasure in opening a doorway to encounter the ability in the field, young researchers and potential World-renowned speakers. 

 

Session 1: Shunt damping
The research is devoted to damping mechanical vibration by the use of piezoelectric patches glued to the slender structures. The shunt damping technique has proofed its effectiveness while investigated on the several types of structures starting from the laboratory setups to the real automotive components or even the slalom skis. The performance of shunt damping systems can be determined with large confidence using numerical analysis. The developed in-house software allows to give precise results based on the simple modal tests what significantly shorten the time needed for simulations.
Session 2 : Energy harvesting
The energy harvesting allows to use the energy scattered in the environment in order to power small electronic devices enabling their autonomous and maintenance free operation. Among many possible applications the smart bearing or shunt damping systems are those of great interest. Shunt circuits having bulky inductors or those based on the operational amplifiers need either the power supply or to be tuned to the particular frequency. By exploiting the energy harvesting capabilities they become both adaptive and self-sufficient. The smart bearing system scavenging energy from the heat dissipated in a bearing able to eliminate vibration in a bearing node has been patented.
Session  3: Waste heat recovery
The research is focused on the application of thermoelectric materials for the waste heat recovery, especially in combination with small ORC turbines. The findings of this research can be used in small (e.g. domestic) CHP plants or small heat recovery applications. The work focuses on the generator topology allowing highest energy density. The generator can be used as a standalone system or as a preheater in ORC systems. The use of additional heat exchanger may contribute to as much as 10% of additional electric energy produced by enhanced ORC system.
Session 4: Thermal stability
The research focuses on the use of thermoelectric modules for regulation of temperature distribution on the foils of a foil bearing. This special types of bearing may withstand elevated temperatures while working oil-less. The harsh environment they operate in can, however, eventually cause the unpredictable stability issues. The novel approach to the foil bearing stabilization allows to eliminate the source of compressed air while still providing more precise control than classical methods. The aim of the conducted research is to propose the control scheme able to act locally by the use of circumferentially distributed thermoelectric modules.
Session 5: Thermal energy storage
The waste heat is omnipresent in the industry. Some of the waste heat fluxes may be used for space heating, however the large quantity of waste heat is dissipated to the ambient. On the other hand, within a short distances one can find unsatisfied heat demand. The idea of transportable heat storage may help to reduce the problem of low emission especially in the cities, where transportation distances are shorter. The addressed problems in transportable storage based on PCM involve heating the container after material solidification, and uneven PCM melting in the container leading to limited system efficiencies and capacity.
Session 6: Shape Memory Alloy
A shape-memory alloy is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed remembered shape when heated. It may also be called memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, or muscle wire.

 

  • Shunt damping
  • Energy harvesting
  • Waste heat recovery
  • Thermal stability
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Shape Memory Alloys
  • Magnetostrictive
  • Hydrogels
  • Bi-Component Fibers