| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/N509942/1 |
| Title: |
IMPULSE - Advanced Industrial Manufacture of Next-Generation MARBN Steel for Cleaner Fossil Plant |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jepson, Dr M |
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| Department: |
Materials |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
01 March 2016 |
Ends: |
23 August 2019 |
Value (£): |
263,811
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Civil Engineering Materials |
Energy - Conventional |
| Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
IMPULSE will work with a novel "MARBN" high temperature steel, recently developed in the TSB funded project "IMPACT"
and shown to offer capability for an increase in steam power plant temperature of 25 degrees C. IMPULSE, whose
consortium includes most IMPACT members together with new pipe, welding and innovative research partners, will take
MARBN from the laboratory on to full-scale industrial manufacture of ingot castings, pipework, and weldments. This will
improve efficiency and reliability of current and future steel-based steam power plant, and thus increase security of supply
and reduce cost and carbon emissions.
MARBN 8-tonne ingot casting technology will be developed, and following high temperature (to 1250 degrees C) testing
and manufacturing simulation, two full-scale pipe extrusion trials will be undertaken, with product validation by testing and
electron metallography. Matching welding consumables will also be developed, qualified and tested.
Long term creep and creep-fatigue data generation will feed into performance validation, materials standardisation, and
pressure vessel design codes. Interaction with the European KMM-VIN collaboration will enable constructive interchange
with parallel European projects.
Loughborough University (LU) will make use of its strong background in characterisation and thermodynamic and kinetic
modelling to provide a thorough investigation of the microstructures of MARBN after processing and welding in order to
inform manufacturing routes and required heat treatments. In addition, LU will thoroughly investigate data relating to the creep performance of existing power plant steels to provide a direct comparison to MARBN to encourage its use within the
commercial sector.
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.lboro.ac.uk |