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    Citation - WoS: 44
    Citation - Scopus: 54
    Protection of Marble Surfaces by Using Biodegradable Polymers as Coating Agent
    (Elsevier, 2009) Ocak, Yılmaz; Sofuoğlu, Aysun; Tıhmınlıoğlu, Funda; Böke, Hasan
    Biodegradable polymers have been replaced over the synthetic polymers in many applications due to their good properties such as reversibility and biodegradability. Therefore they allow new treatment on the surface of the material to be protected and they fulfil the principles generally accepted by the International Conservation Community of Historic Monuments and Buildings. In this study, the efficiency of four different biodegradable polymers as protective coatings on marble-SO2 reaction was investigated. The polymers used were zein, chitosan, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), and poly-l-lactide (PLA). The mineralogical composition, bulk density and porosity of uncoated marble were determined. The water vapor permeability, water absorption by capillary forces, surface wettability, and color alteration of uncoated and coated marbles were measured. For sulphation reaction, marble slabs were coated with these polymers and then they were exposed at nearly 8 ppm SO2 concentration at 100% relative humidity conditions together with uncoated ones in a reaction chamber for several days for testing their protection efficiency. The extent of reaction was determined by leaching of gypsum formed on the marble surfaces in deionized water and then determining the sulphate content by ion chromatography. The protection efficiency of polymer treatments was expressed as comparing the gypsum crust thickness of the coated and uncoated marble plates. The comparison among the polymers showed that the surface hydrophobicity, water capillary absorption and structure of polymer would be important factors affecting the protection efficiency. The use of high molecular weight PLA (HMWPLA) polymer on marble surfaces provided significant protection up to 60% which was indicated that HMWPLA polymer seems to be promising polymer as protective coating agent in reducing gypsum formation on marble surfaces in the polluted environment.
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    Citation - WoS: 325
    Citation - Scopus: 366
    A Review on Adsorption Heat Pump: Problems and Solutions
    (Elsevier, 2008) Demir, Hasan; Mobedi, Moghtada; Ülkü, Semra
    Adsorption heat pumps have considerably sparked attentions in recent years. The present paper covers the working principle of adsorption heat pumps, recent studies on advanced cycles, developments in adsorbent-adsorbate pairs and design of adsorbent beds. The adsorbent-adsorbate pair features for in order to be employed in the adsorption heat pumps are described. The adsorption heat pumps are compared with the vapor compression and absorption heat pumps. The problems and troubles of adsorption heat pumps are classified and researches to overcome the difficulties are discussed.
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    Citation - WoS: 51
    Citation - Scopus: 57
    Characterization of Waterborne Acrylic Based Paint Films and Measurement of Their Water Vapor Permeabilities
    (Elsevier, 2006) Topçuoğlu, Özge; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Balköse, Devrim
    Recently, production of waterborne coatings has increased significantly as a consequence of strict pollution regulations. Waterborne coatings are sensitive to humidity, thus, their barrier properties with respect to permeation of moisture needs to be determined. Among various coating constituents, binder represents the matrix structure and its amount relative to the amounts of pigments and fillers can significantly affect the structure, hence the barrier property of the coating. In this study, waterborne acrylic based paints applied as protective coating on interior and exterior wall of the buildings are studied. The paint samples formulated with four different binder contents by a commercial paint company are used in the experiments. We first determine unknown ingredients of the paint samples using different characterization tools and then investigate the effect of the binder content on the structure of the paint films. In addition, water vapor permeability of the paint films is measured using a permeation cell. Results show that the barrier property of the waterborne acrylic based paint films against humidity decreases with decreased binder content due to uneven distribution of the pigments, consequently, porous structure formation in the films.