Title :
Lifetime prediction for gas turbine materials in power generation
Author :
Sumner, J. ; Encinas-Oropesa, A. ; Seraffon, M. ; Simms, N.J. ; Nicholls, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Cranfield Univ., Cranfield, UK
Abstract :
Materials research activities relating to advanced gas turbines are described, focussing primarily on the UK Supergen Plant Life Extension consortium. These have been divided into three groups: thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), bond coatings (BCs), and environmentally resistive coatings (ERCs) and substrates. Activities in the consortium have included quantification of the effects of exposure conditions (oxidation and hot corrosion), model development (for bond coat oxidation and hot corrosion), investigations of a novel nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique (flash thermography) and the development of new BC compositions (using magnetron sputtering).
Keywords :
coatings; corrosion; gas turbines; infrared imaging; nondestructive testing; oxidation; sputtering; UK Supergen Plant Life Extension consortium; bond coat oxidation; bond coatings; environmentally resistive coatings; exposure conditions; flash thermography; gas turbine material; hot corrosion; lifetime prediction; magnetron sputtering; nondestructive evaluation technique; power generation; thermal barrier coating; Nickel superalloys; TBC failure; combinatorial alloy design; corrosion modelling; lifetime prediction;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Power Generation and Supply (SUPERGEN 2012), International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-673-4
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.1806