Performance of high-temperature materials for efficient power plants: The waterside challenge

Pertti Auerkari, Sanni Yli-Olli, Sami Penttilä, Satu Tuurna, Rami Pohja

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    Abstract

    Supercritical (SC) service at high operating values aims for good plant efficiency, but the waterside oxidation resistance can then become life-limiting. In this paper, selected materials and modeling options are compared for life assessment under waterside SC oxidation, particularly for thermal power plants that increasingly need to accommodate cyclic service, fast ramping, and low minimum loads to an extent to which the conventional design practices and materials solutions only partially accounted. For example, the life reduction by high-temperature oxidation and corrosion via lost load-bearing wall thickness is more easily accommodated than the impact on crack growth or material ductility.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number031009
    JournalJournal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
    Volume2
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2016
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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