2016 University Turbine Systems Research Project Review Meeting

2016 UNIVERSITY TURBINE SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROJECT REVIEW MEETING
November 1-3, 2016
Blackburg, VA

Agenda

The 2016 UTSR Project Review Meeting was held on November 1-3, 2016 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. The theme was “Advanced Diagnostics for Modern Gas Turbine Engines”. The workshop was well received with a total of 138 attendees from OEMs, universities, national labs, and small businesses. The opening session included welcoming remarks by Dr. Don Taylor, Dean of Engineering, Virginia Tech and an overview of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy’s Advanced Turbines Program by NETL Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, Richard Dennis. The workshop included two panel discussions involving gas turbine OEMs, developers and practitioners, and covered topics such as advanced diagnostics for modern gas turbine engines and related university-industry collaborative models to address the R&D needs and challenges. Also included were tours of the following Virginia Tech facilities: the Advanced Propulsion and Power Lab, the Turbo Lab, the Stability Wind Tunnel Lab, and the Goodwin Hall (the flagship building for the College of Engineering). Dr. Gregory Strouse, Associate Director for Measurement Services of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was one of the keynote speakers. Dr. Strouse is a leading expert in temperature measurement and the realization and dissemination of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS‐90). Dr. Madhav Marathe, Director of the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech, was the other keynote speaker. Dr. Marathe was a Team Leader in the Computer and Computational Sciences division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he led the basic research programs in foundations of computing and high performance simulation science for analyzing extremely large socio-technical and critical infrastructure systems. Various Turbines experts gave both oral and poster presentations, for a total of sixty-two in all. The interactive reception during the poster session provided an opportunity for the UTSR Fellowship Program participants to present what they had done during their fellowships.

Tuesday, November 1

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

• Don Taylor, Dean of Engineering, Virginia Tech

OPENING REMARKS

• Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS FOR MODERN GAS TURBINE ENGINES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Moderator: Srinath Ekkad, Virginia Tech

• Robert Romanosky, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Pete Loftus, Rolls Royce plc
• Jason Dees, GE Global Research
• Greg Strouse, NIST
• Susan Maley, EPRI
• Paul Zombo, Siemens Energy, Inc.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

• Thermodynamic Miniaturized Sensors and Standards and the Quantum SI 
  Gregory Strouse, NIST

PANEL DISCUSSION: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATIVE MODELS

Moderator: Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Srinath Ekkad, Virginia Tech
• Stephen Heister, Purdue University
• Karen Thole, Pennsylvania State University
• Atul Kohli, Pratt & Whitney
• Douglas Rawlins, Solar Turbines Incorporated
• Pete Loftus, Rolls Royce plc

• Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Turbines Program
  Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Combustion & Pressure Gain Combustion

Moderator: Mark Freeman and Donald Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Advanced Multi-Tube Mixer Combustion for 65% Efficiency
  Michael Hughes, GE Power
• High Temperature, Lox NOx Combustor Concept Development
  Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Understanding Transient Combustion Phenomena in Low-NOx Gas Turbines
  Jacqueline O’Connor, Pennsylvania State University
• An Experimental and Modeling Study of NOx-CO Formation in High Hydrogen Content Fuels Combustion in Gas Turbine Applications
  Tanvir Farouk, University of South Carolina

Aero/Heat Transfer/sCO₂

Moderator: Robin Ames and Steve Richardson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• START: Turbine Rim Seal Results and Next Steps
  Karen Thole, Pennsylvania State University
• Design, Fabrication, and Performance Characterization of Near-Surface Embedded Cooling Channels (NSECC) with an Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (OSD) Coating Layer
  Minking Chyu, University of Pittsburgh, Bruce Kang, West Virginia University
• Thermally Effective and Efficient Cooling Technologies for Advanced Gas Turbines
  Sumanta Acharya, Illinois Institute of Technology, Forrest Ames, University of North Dakota
• Thermodynamic Model to Quantify the Impact on Cooling Improvements on Gas Turbine Efficiency
  Can Selcuk Uysal, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Film Cooling Experiments at Near Engine Conditions
  Sridharan Ramesh, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Materials

Moderator: Rin Burke, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Ceramic Matrix Composite Advanced Transition for 65% Combined Cycle
  Jonathan Shipper, Siemens Energy, Inc.
• High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Nozzles for 65% Efficiency
  John Delvaux, GE Power
• Creep-Fatigue Interaction in IN 718
  Thomas Siegmund, Purdue University
• Microstructure Sensitive Crystal Viscoplasticity for Ni-base Superalloys
  Richard Neu, Georgia Institute of Technology

Wednesday, November 2

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

• Informatics and Analytics for Integrated Energy Systems
  Madhav Marathe, Director of NDSSL, Virginia Tech

Combustion & Pressure Gain Combustion

Moderator: Mark Freeman and Donald Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Final Report on Fundamental Studies to Enable Robust, Reliable, Low Emission Gas Turbine Combustion of High–Hydrogen Content Fuels
  Margaret Wooldridge, University of Michigan
• Joint Experiments/Simulations of Flame Propagation in Stratified Mixtures
  Venkat Raman, University of Michigan
• High Pressure Turbulent Flame Speeds and Chemical Kinetics of Syngas Blends With and Without Impurities
  Eric Petersen, Texas A&M University
• Effects of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Turbulent Combustion and Emissions in Advanced Gas Turbine HHC Fuels
  Robert Lucht and Jay Gore, Purdue University, Yiguang Ju and Michael Mueller, Princeton University
• Development of a Pressure Gain Combustion System for Power Extraction using Magnetohydrodynamics
  David Blunck, Oregon State University
• A Joint Experimental/Computational Study of Non-Idealities in Practical Rotating Detonation Engines
  Mirko Gamba, University of Michigan
• The Effect of Mixture Concentration Inhomogeneity on Detonation Properties in Pressure Gain Combustion
  Richard Yetter, Pennsylvania State University
• Advancing Pressure Gain Combustion in Terestial Turbine Systems
  Carson Slabaugh, Purdue University
• Overview of Rotating Detonation Engine Performance at the National Energy Technology Laboratory
  Don Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Rotating Detonation Combustion for Gas Turbines
  Scott Claflin, Aerojet Rocketdyne

Aero/Heat Transfer/sCO₂

Moderator: Robin Ames and Steve Richardson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Evaluation of Flow and Heat Transfer Inside Lean Pre-Mixed Combustor Systems Under Reacting Flow Conditions
  Sandeep Kedokodi, Suhyeon Park, and Siddhartha Gadiraju, Virginia Tech
• RANS and LES of Turbine Heat Transfer
  Tom Shih, Purdue University
• Revolutionizing Turbine Cooling with Micro-Architectures Enabled by Direct Metal Laser Sintering
  Jeffrey Bons, The Ohio State University
• Air Riding Seal Technology for Advanced Gas Turbine Engines
  Neil Kant, Florida Turbine Technologies. Inc.
• Low-Leakage Seals for Utility-Scale sCO₂ Turbines
  Jason Mortzheim, GE Global Research
• High Inlet Temperature Combustor for Direct Fired Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles
  Jacob Delimont, Southwest Research Institute
• Development of Modular, Low-Cost, High-Temperature Recuperators for the sCO₂ Power Cycle
  Marc Portnoff, Thar Energy, LLC
• Investigation of Autoignition and Combustion Stability of High Pressure Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Oxy-Combustion
  Wenting Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Chemical Kinetic Modeling Development and Validation Experiments for Direct Fired Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Combustor
  Subith Vasu, University of Central Florida
• An Advanced Gas Foil Bearing Using sCO₂ as the Working Fluid
  Peter Chapman, Jr., Mechanical Solution, Inc.

Materials

Moderator: Rin Burke, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Abradable Sealing Materials for Emerging IGCC-Based Turbine Systems
  Daniel Mumm, University of California at Irvine
• Materials Issues for Advanced Supercritical CO₂ Cycles and High Efficiency Gas Turbines
  Bruce Pint, ORNL
• Rapid Manufacturing Method for High-Temperature Turbine Components
  John Paulus, Mikro Systems
• Ultra-High-Temperature Thermal Barrier Coatings
  Eric Jordan, University of Connecticut and Solution Spray Technologies, LLC
• Durable High-Temperature Coatings for Utility Scale Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Components and High Temperature Unique Low Thermal Conductivity Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) Architectures
  Amarendra Rai, UES, Inc., Douglas Wolfe, Pennsylvania State University
• Exploration of High Entropy Alloys for Turbine Applications
  James Saal, QuesTek Innovations, LLC
• Advanced Bond Coats for Thermal Barrier Coating Systems Based on High Entropy Alloys
  Derek Hass, Direct Vapor Technologies

Thursday, November 3

• TSR Fellowship Program
  Bill Day, KeyLogic
• The Future of UTSR in 2017
  Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Open Discussions, Workshop Summary, Closing Comments, and Wrap-Up
  Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Poster Presentations

• Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Hardware Concept Design Using Additive Techniques
  Christopher Gimmler, University of Central Florida
• Correlating Thermal Barrier Coating Microstructure Between Engine Run Combustion Hardware and Furnace Cycle Testing
  Kara Phillips Bridges, University of California at Irvine
• Hot Gas Ingress Modeling
  Robert LaFaso, University of Wyoming
• Advanced Gas Foil Bearing Design for Supercritical CO₂ Power Cycles
  Peter Chapman, Jr., Mechanical Solutions, Inc.
• Supercritical CO₂ Turbomachinery Design System
  Mark Anderson and Dan Hinch, Concepts NREC
• Superalloy MMC Components for Advanced Turbine Systems
  Dean Baker and Asit Biswas, Advanced Powder Solutions, Inc.
• Effects of Turbulence on Harmonically Excited Flames
  Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• sCO₂ Brayton Power Cycle Heat Exchanger Test Facility
  Marc Portnoff, Thar Energy, LLC
• Nanoscale Metal Oxide Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Component Materials Used in Supercritical CO₂ Environments
  Christopher Oldham, NC State University
• Chemical Pathways for Turbulent CH₄-Air Flames
  Debolina Dasgupta, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Sensitivity of Extinction & Re-Ignition Predications to Finite-Rate Chemical Models in a Temporally Evolving Turbulent Non-Premixed Syngas Flame
  Wenting Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Constitutive Response of IN 718
  Thomas Siegmund, Purdue University
• Computationally-Designed Alloys for Turbine Applications
  James Saal, QuesTek Innovations LLC
• Deposition Research at OSU
  Ryan Lundgreen, The Ohio State University
• Flow and Heat Transfer in a Smooth U-Duct with Trapezoidal Cross Section
  Kenny Hu, Purdue University
• Effects of Wake Shedding on Flow and Heat Transfer in an Internal Cooling Passage with a Staggered Array of Pin Fins
  Chien-Shing Lee, Purdue University
• Measurements of Turbulent Flame Speeds for Syngas Mixture
  Henderson Johnson II and Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Experimental Investigation of the Onset of Sand Deposits on Hastelloy-X Above 1000 °C
  Andrew Boulanger, Virginia Tech
• Matlab Implementation of a First-Oder Compressor Sizing Tool
  Iggy Matheson, Brigham Young University
• Advanced Internal Cooling Concepts: Rotating Conditions
  Prashant Singh, Virginia Tech
• Advanced Internal Cooling Concepts: Stationary Conditions
  Prashant Singh, Virginia Tech