Objective The objective of the project is to demonstrate the viability of a newly developed, low-cost, high technology, precipitation hardened steel, for large gas turbines, which will increase the temperature capability of welded gas turbine rotors by +50°C. By increasing the temperature capability of rotor steels the additional benefits and objectives will be to:(a) Reduced cost of rotor disc hardware by 80% cf. Nickel alloys(b) produce a simplified, flexible turbine design with reduced total first costs (by 1 %)(c) Reduce the cooling air requirements, with consequential increase in engine efficiency (by 0.2%) and reduction in CO_2 emissions (4 million tonnes per year), NOx and fuel use(d) Extend the welded rotor capability to > 400 MW machines, maintaining competitiveness with US technologies and increasing EU market share(e) Bring to market within 5 years. This will have a major impact on EU policies relating to energy, environment and sustainable growth. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-5.1.3 - More efficient gas turbines Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator ALSTOM POWER UK LTD EU contribution No data Address Lindum House, 11 Sewell Road LN2 5RY LINCOLN United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALSTOM (SWITZERLAND) LTD Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Haselstrasse 16 5401 BADEN See on map Total cost No data EMPA, SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS TESTING AND RESEARCH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Ueberlandstrasse 129 8600 Duebendorf See on map Total cost No data GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Austria EU contribution No data Address Kopernikusgasse 24 8010 Graz See on map Total cost No data SAARSCHMIEDE GMBH FREIFORMSCHMIEDE Germany EU contribution No data Address Bismarckstrasse 57-59 66333 VOELKLINGEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET GESAMTHOCHSCHULE KASSEL Germany EU contribution No data Address Moenchebergstrasse 19 KASSEL See on map Total cost No data
