Knowledge-Based Firm in Iran Makes Organic Antifreeze Products to Increase Car Engine’s Life
Mohammad Abdollahzadeh, the managing director of the knowledge-based ‘Mehregan Teb Tajhiz Aria’ company stationed at the incubator center of Islamic Azad University’s Roudehen branch, described organic antifreeze solution, radiator water, car windshield washer and cooling oil (organic soapy water and mineral soapy water) as the major products of his company, and told ANA, “We have also produced deionized water which is called ‘Extrapure’.”
“We also enjoy the capability to produce distilled water (water for injection) which is at a low level in terms of bacteria, colonies (bacterial colony), heterotrophs and biology and is disinfected with the UV and its electrical conductivity (EC) is below 0.5,” he added.
“We have also managed to produce glass cleaners based on nanotechnology that easily cleans car windows from any pollution, and then we succeeded in making radiator water that contains 2.5% antifreeze,” Abdollahzadeh said.
“We also produced a more advanced product called organic antifreeze. The lifespan of the organic antifreeze is more than three years, and the useful life of this product has increased to five years. The corrosion of the organic antifreeze is minimized compared to mineral and synthetic antifreezes, and it causes no corrosion in the engine body, cylinder head, and gearbox, and can compete with imported antifreezes,” he stressed.
“Also, oil-based cooling products are made in our company like cooling oils or soapy water which can be used in the lathe industry, parts manufacturing industry, and automotive, steel and cold rolling industries,” Abdollahzadeh said.
Earlier this year, Iranian researchers had used nanotechnology to achieve the antifreeze and deicer formulation for the body of military and passenger airplanes.
“In this project, we achieved the formulation of antifreeze and deicer for the aircraft body in accordance with international standards of the aviation industry,” said Nassim Nayeb Pashayee, a researcher and manager of the project.
She explained that the research project was carried out in two stages, adding, “In the first stage, we conducted research on the antifreeze and deicer solution for the aircraft body and the final formulation of the prototype antifreeze was synthesized.”
Nayeb Pashayee noted that results of comparing the physical and rheological properties of the synthesized antifreeze and deicer solution with the reference sample and the relevant standard (AMS 1428) indicated a very high compatibility.
“In the second step, the effect of nano additives on the form of particles that can optimize the performance and improve the properties of antifreeze and deicer fluid was investigated and alumina, graphene, copper oxide, iron oxide and titanium oxide nanoparticles that are compatible with the aircraft body’s material were selected and preliminary characterization, including SEM, TEM, XRD and BET analyzes, were performed on these nanoparticles,” she said.
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