About
The Refractory and ceramic materials department (RCMD) carries out basic and applied researches on high temperature materials and ceramics. It was established in 2003 after reorganization of CMRDI divisions with an ultimate objective to carry out focused research on cutting edge areas in industrial and solar energy fields. Additionally, the RCMD is devoted to make use of the ceramics and refractories for the welfare, growth and prosperity of the society. To achieve high performance in the new and advanced devices, controlling the nanostructures and shape of materials is essential. For this purpose, high temperature materials are synthesized and proposed devices are thoroughly investigated and evaluated using cutting-edge-instruments.
Research Areas
The department performed research works in various areas such as;
• Ceramic and refractories materials with controlled size and shape.
• Conducting simulation using Comsol Multiphysics program on the manufactured materials
• Plant design and management using Aspen Hysys program.
• Fabrication of photocatalytic materials for water purification.
• Fabrication of volumetric solar receivers from oxides, carbides and nitrides.
• Utilization of industrial waste to produce various compounds that have significant industrial interest.
• Fabrication of dental materials using sintering technique.
• Fabrication of hybrid solar thermal materials.
• Conducting research on improving the current cement and concrete pastes.
• Applying various characterization on ceramic materials.
Goals
• Research and Development for cost-effective and eco-friendly technologies for energy saving, storage, production and conversion.
• Research and Development technology for safe environment.
• Research and Development technology for highly selective and highly ceramic, solar receivers, and biochemical materials.
• Research and Development technology for dense and porous structure materials.
• Research and Development technology for water desalination, treatment and purification using nanostructured materials.
• Application of ceramic materials in many other vital fields such as agriculture, health, dental application and industry.
