Patents Assigned to Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
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Patent number: 10364043Abstract: Passive on-board aircraft cooling systems are provided with an evaporator/receiver in heat-exchange relationship with at least one heat source on board the aircraft, the evaporator/receiver containing a liquid phase working fluid which changes state to a vapor phase working fluid in response to heat transfer therefrom from the at least one heat source. First and second condensers are fluid-connected to the evaporator/receiver for receiving vapor phase working fluid from the evaporator/receiver. At least a portion of the vapor phase working fluid transferred to the first and second condensers is condensed by heat transfer between the first and second condensers and aircraft-external unpressurized and aircraft-internal pressurized air supply streams, respectively, to thereby form liquid phase working fluid which returns to the evaporator/receiver by virtue of the fluid connection with the first and second condensers.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: EMBRAER S.A., UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (UFSC)Inventors: Ricardo Gandolfi, Luiz Gonzaga De Souza Ribeiro, Marcia Barbosa Henriques Mantelli, Jorge Luiz Goes Oliveira, Kleber Vieira De Paiva
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Patent number: 10166604Abstract: The metallurgical composition comprises a main particulate metallic material, for example iron or nickel, and at least one alloy element for hardening the main metallic material, which form a structural matrix; a particulate solid lubricant, such as graphite, hexagonal boron nitride or mixture thereof; and a particulate alloy element which is capable of forming, during the sintering of the composition conformed by compaction or by injection molding, a liquid phase, agglomerating the solid lubricant in discrete particles. The composition may comprise an alloy component to stabilize the alpha-iron matrix phase, during the sintering, in order to prevent the graphite solid lubricant from being solubilized in the iron. The invention further refers to the process for obtaining a self-lubricating sintered product.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignees: Whirlpool, S.A., Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(UFSC), Lupatech S.A.Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder, Gisele Hammes, Moises Luiz Parucker, Waldyr Ristow Junior
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Patent number: 9969003Abstract: The process comprises the steps of: mixing a load of oxide ceramic material particles (10) with a load of space holder particles (20), defined by graphite and/or amorphous carbon; compacting the mixture formed by ceramic material particles (10) and space holder particles (20), to form a compact body (E); and sintering said compact body (E), so that the ceramic material particles (10) form sintering contacts with each other, whereas the carbon of the space holder particles (20) is removed by the reaction with the oxygen in the sintering medium, to form open secondary pores (II), by eliminating the space holder particles (20). The metallurgic composition comprises the mixture of the ceramic material particles (10) with the space holder particles (20).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (UFSC)Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Arcanjo Lenzi, Cristiano Binder, Irene Cristina Magnabosco Mocellin, Rodrigo Pereira Becker, Paulo Henrique Mareze
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Patent number: 9676010Abstract: The plasma reactor comprises a reaction chamber (23) connectable to a source of ionizable gases (25) and to a heating device (80), said reactor (10) being subjected to the phases of heating (A), cleaning (L) and/or surface treatment (S), cooling (R), unloading (D) and loading (C) of metallic pieces (1). The installation comprises: at least two reactors (10), each being selectively and alternately connected to: the same source of ionizable gases (25); the same vacuum source (60); the same electrical energy source (50); and to the same heating device (80), the latter being displaceable between operative positions, in each of which surrounding laterally and superiorly a respective reactor (10), while the latter is in its heating phase (A) and cleaning phase (L) and/or in the surface treatment phase (S) of the metallic pieces (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignees: Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (UFSC), Whirlpool S.A.Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder, Gisele Hammes
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Publication number: 20170014913Abstract: A process for the synthesis of nanostructured metallic hollow spherical particles, in which the metal is deposited onto sacrificial masks formed in a polymeric colloidal solution by the electroless autocatalytic deposition method. Deposition releases only gaseous products (N2 and H2) during the oxidation thereof, which evolve without leaving contaminants in the deposit. The particulate material includes nanostructured metallic hollow spherical particles with average diameter ranging from 100 nm to 5 ?m and low density with respect to the massic metal. A process for compacting and sintering a green test specimen are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSCInventors: Roberto Binder, Valderes Drago, Gustavo Tontini, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder
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Patent number: 9243313Abstract: The metallurgical composition includes a main particulate metallic material, for example iron or nickel, and at least one alloy element for hardening the main metallic material, which form a structural matrix; a particulate solid lubricant, such as graphite, hexagonal boron nitride or mixture thereof; and a particulate alloy element which is capable of forming, during the sintering of the composition conformed by compaction or by injection molding, a liquid phase, agglomerating the solid lubricant in discrete particles. The composition may include an alloy component to stabilize the alpha-iron matrix phase, during the sintering, in order to prevent the graphite solid lubricant from being solubilized in the iron. The invention further refers to a self-lubricating sintered product, obtained from the composition, and to the process for obtaining said product.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: Whirlpool S.A., Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (UFSC), Lupatech S.A.Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder, Gisele Hammes, Moises Luiz Parucker, Waldyr Ristow Junior
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Publication number: 20150023828Abstract: The process comprises the steps of: mixing a load of oxide ceramic material particles (10) with a load of space holder particles (20), defined by graphite and/or amorphous carbon; compacting the mixture formed by ceramic material particles (10) and space holder particles (20), to form a compact body (E); and sintering said compact body (E), so that the ceramic material particles (10) form sintering contacts with each other, whereas the carbon of the space holder particles (20) is removed by the reaction with the oxygen in the sintering medium, to form open secondary pores (II), by eliminating the space holder particles (20). The metallurgic composition comprises the mixture of the ceramic material particles (10) with the space holder particles (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (UFSC)Inventors: Roberto Binder, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Arcanjo Lenzi, Cristiano Binder, Irene Cristina Magnabosco Mocellin, Mocellin, Rodrigo Pereira Becker, Paulo Henrique Mareze
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Publication number: 20140221259Abstract: The process basically comprises: dissolving a lamellar disulphide, as a source of the solid lubricant, in an aqueous solvent, forming a first aqueous solution; dissolving a reducing agent, as hydroxylamine, sodium hypophosphite or sodium borohydride, in an aqueous solvent, forming a second aqueous solution; mixing the first and second aqueous solutions, forming a third aqueous solution; neutralizing the pH of the third aqueous solution; dissolving a sulphur source, in an aqueous solvent, forming a fourth aqueous solution; mixing the third and fourth aqueous solutions, forming a fifth aqueous solution, which is contained and heated in an autoclave; cooling the fifth aqueous solution to the room temperature; and removing, from the autoclave, the nanoparticles in powder form.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA (UFSC), Whirlpool S.A.Inventors: Roberto Binder, Fernando Withers Torres, Valderes Drago, Cristian Bernardi, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Cristiano Binder, Andre Messias Teixeira
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Patent number: 8713956Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigeration system for compact equipment, particularly of the type including electronic circuits and internally provided with a heat source to be cooled, said refrigeration system including a heat dissipation device mounted in the equipment and including a heat absorbing portion, which absorbs heat from the heat source, and a heat dissipation portion accessible from the outside of the equipment and which releases the heat to the exterior of the equipment; and an auxiliary refrigeration circuit external to the equipment and having: a heat absorbing means to be selectively coupled to the heat dissipation portion so as to receive therefrom, by conduction, at least part of the heat received from the heat source and dissipated by said heat dissipation portion; and a heat dissipation means which releases the heat to the environment external to the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignees: Whirlpool S.A., Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Autarquia Federal de Regime EspecialInventors: Paulo Rogerio Carrara Couto, Guilherme Borges Ribeiro
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Patent number: 8671704Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a compressor; a condenser connected to a first inlet of a separator which has: a vapor outlet connected to the compressor and a liquid outlet connected to an evaporator; a selecting valve having: a first vapor inlet connected to the evaporator; a second vapor inlet connected to the separator; and a vapor outlet connected to the compressor, the selecting valve being operated to selectively and alternatively communicate its first and second vapor inlets with its vapor outlet, so as to allow the compressor to draw vapor from the separator and from the evaporator; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the selecting valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignees: Whirlpool S.A., Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Autarquia Federal de Regime EspecialInventors: Augusto Jose Pereira Zimmermann, Gustavo Portella Montagner, Joaquim Manoel Goncalves
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Publication number: 20120267075Abstract: Cooling system for reciprocating compressors comprising an atomizing nozzle (1) that supplies an atomized lubricating fluid inside the compressor cylinder (2), a heat exchanger (6) intended for cooling the lubricating fluid to be atomized at the nozzle (1), a fluid separator (5) for separating a mixture of cooling fluid and lubricating fluid and directing the lubricating fluid back from the system, and a blocking element (7) arranged between the atomizing nozzle (1) and the heat exchanger (6) to prevent the buildup of lubricating fluid in the cylinder. Reciprocating compressor having the cooling system as described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA - UFSC, WHIRLPOOL S.A.Inventors: Rodrigo Kremer, Dietmar Erich Bernhard Lilie, Fernando Antonio Ribas Junior, Cesar Jose Deschamps, Joao Ernesto Schreiner, Jader Riso Barbosa Junior
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Publication number: 20120085123Abstract: A self-contained, portable refrigeration unit having a construction arrangement which enables it to be compatible with several models, types and variations of refrigeratable compartments. This refrigeration unit is represented by a refrigeration module (1) capable of being removably fitted into a refrigeratable compartment, comprising a first housing (100) and a second housing (200) associated with each other. The first housing (100) is in contact with the inside of the refrigeratable compartment and the second housing (200) is in contact with the outside of the refrigeratable compartment, and in some embodiments of the present invention, the first housing (100) is capable of moving in relation to the second housing (200). The first housing (100) interfaces the refrigeration module (1) with the inside of the refrigeratable compartment. The second housing (200) interfaces the refrigeration module (1) with the outside of the refrigeratable compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicants: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA - UFSC, WHIRLPOOL S.A.Inventors: Luciana Wasnievski da Silva, Márcio Robert Thiessen, Paulo Rogerio Carrara Couto, Taciani Meurer Duarte
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Patent number: D598996Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignees: Whirlpool S.A., Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSCInventors: Taciani Meurer Duarte, Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva