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Researchers at Flinders University in Australia have developed a new coating that can inhibit biological contamination of the hull.
Conductive carbon based coating
The new coating was tested in seawater, and the results were analyzed by DNA test of marine organisms. For more than four years, researchers at Flinders University have developed a carbon based coating that absorbs copper ions from seawater and then releases them through electrical pulses.
Professor mats Anderson and associate professor Sophie letreme, head of the research group of the Flinders Federation for biomembrane research and innovation (BRIC), said that the marine industry, naval ships and submarines also have problems with the attachment of marine organisms to their hulls and other surfaces, and believed: "these marine organisms can attach and reproduce on all surfaces of the environment below the sea water. In a few months, the hull surface without effective protective measures will be covered with these marine organisms, resulting in increased hull resistance and poor maneuverability, resulting in an increase in fuel consumption of up to 40%. "
This requires marine antifouling coating to solve the above problems.
Better environment and anti pollution technology
The new project will focus on better environment and anti pollution technologies to protect ships, ports and docks in a more sustainable way. The preliminary results show that micro energy flow can inhibit the attachment and propagation of marine organisms. In the past two years, the cooperative research fund of the South Australia defense innovation partnership has allocated nearly $1.9 million to 11 cooperative projects. "These programs will attract some of our top scientists and researchers to work with Australia's leading defense research organization, defense science and Technology (Defense) and industry to solve a series of defense issues," said Steven Marshall, South Australia's chief executive. When research institutions, academia and industry work together in this way, remarkable progress will be made, which will enhance the industrial capacity of our large-scale defense projects centered in South Australia. "
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