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The proposed work will continue to address the materials issues associated with scaling-up supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton cycle systems to higher temperatures for increased efficiency and larger size for commercial power production. The effort is intended to understand the applicable corrosion mechanisms in sCO2 as a function of impurity (e.g., O2, H2O) levels in both closed and open systems. Once this experimental capability is established, the experimental plan will also continue to study environmental effects on alloy mechanical properties with complimentary efforts in characterization and lifetime modeling.

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Specimen coupon holder being loaded into ORNL high-pressure autoclave for testing in supercritical carbon dioxide at 750°C/300 bar.
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  • Advanced Materials Issues in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (March 2017)
    Presented by Bruce Pint, ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research, Gasification Systems, and Rare Earth Elements Research Portfolios, Pittsburgh, PA.
Principal Investigator
Bruce A. Pint
PintBA@ornl.gov
Project Benefits

Alloy-specific temperature limits developed previously and further evaluated in this project will facilitate materials selection and guide initial efforts in alloy design with a goal of lowering the material costs for new utility-size sCO2 systems.

Project ID
FWP-FEAA123
Website
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
https://www.ornl.gov/