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MATERIAL CHALLENGES FOR ADVANCED STEAM PLANTS. Dr. M. Shekhar Kumar Materials Technology Division Central Power Research Institute Bangalore. Challenges.
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MATERIAL CHALLENGES FOR ADVANCED STEAM PLANTS Dr. M. Shekhar Kumar Materials Technology Division Central Power Research Institute Bangalore
Challenges • Challenge faced by the power generation industry to meet increasing demand through increased efficiency and reduction of operation and maintenance costs and also meeting environmental and safety regulations • Need for development of advanced materials • Material changes over the years have resulted in operation at 170 bar and 540 C –efficiency of 35% • Need to step up steam parameters
Drawbacks on the boiler side • Fireside corrosion of water walls and superheater • Creep, Crack and Rupture • Steam side oxidation • Fracture toughness • Thermal Fatigue • Acid corrosion on the exhaust side
Drawbacks on the Turbine side • Strength, ductility and toughness • Wear and erosion • Creep, Crack and Rupture • High cycle fatigue • Scaling • Embrittlement • Lack of mechanical property data
Material Options • Super Alloys • Ferritic Steels • Stainless Steels • Coatings • Composites • Intermetallics
Material Considerations • Strength to resist deformation and rupture at design conditions • Fatigue strength and damping capacity when cycling stresses are involved • Ability to resist stress concentrations • Resistance to oxidation, corrosion and erosion • Ability to resist damaging metallurgical changes during operation • Ease of fabrication, field construction and maintenance • Good physical properties to minimise thermal stresses • Cost
Conclusions • Advances in materials development need focus • Potential use of ceramics, ceramic matrix composites and ceramic/metal joining technologies • Protective coatings • Emphasis on materials for efficiencies greater than 55% • Allied services