EPSRC Reference: |
EP/N509991/1 |
Title: |
IMPULSE - Advanced Industrial Manufacture of Next-Generation MARBN Steel for Cleaner Fossil Plant |
Principal Investigator: |
Sun, Professor W |
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Department: |
Faculty of Engineering |
Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
Starts: |
01 February 2016 |
Ends: |
31 December 2019 |
Value (£): |
171,430
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EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
Energy - Conventional |
Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
Materials Processing |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
IMPULSE will work with novel "MARBN" high temperature steel, recently developed in TSB 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 KMM-VIN collaboration will enable constructive interchange with
parallel European projects.
The Nottingham team will provide the required expertise for testing MARBN specimens under creep and creep-fatigue
conditions and developing the fatigue life model and the associated Finite Element modelling capabilities to enable the life
prediction of welded MARBN pipes under flexible power plant operating conditions.
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Organisation Website: |
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |