Ultra High-Temperature Materials for Power Generation Applications Workshop
W Hotel Seattle
Seattle, WA
November 21-22, 2019
Energy efficiency of any power generation technology is often limited by the high temperature properties of the materials and design limitations of traditional manufacturing. This potential program would aim to develop ultrahigh temperature materials that would enable drastic improvements in gas turbine and aircraft engine efficiency as well as operating temperatures of nuclear reactors. Developing such ultrahigh temperature materials might be feasible today because of the availability of modern material research tools including multiscale modeling, machine learning, and in particular the advancement of manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing. We envision that this potential program would encourage microstructure and performance-driven concurrent development of alloys and processes, with intense focus on property metrics.
The workshop convened leading experts in computational materials science, high temperature materials, industrial gas turbine, nuclear reactors, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing to:
- Determine technology and market needs for ultrahigh temperature materials;
- Determine the hurdles and pathway towards development of new ultrahigh temperature materials; and
- Determine the means for test and validation of high temperature materials.
Participants lent their expertise to help set technical objectives and metrics that will define a successful research program and explore possible technology pathways, and more importantly determine how the community can work together to innovate and develop a new class of materials to enable step-changes to the efficiency of energy production.
Day 1: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9am | Registration & Coffee (Breakfast on Your Own) |
| 9-9:15am |
Chanette Armstrong / Dr. Jennifer Gerbi – ARPA-E
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| 9:15-9:30am |
Dr. Zak Fang – ARPA-E
|
| 9:30-9:50am |
Presentation # 1: Industrial Gas Turbine – Current state, challenges and future needs from materials perspective
Dr. Bernard Bewlay – General Electric
|
| 9:50-10:20am |
Dr. John Sharon – United Technologies Research Center
|
| 10:20-10:40am |
Dr. Kurt Terrani - Oak Ridge National Lab
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| 10:40-11:10am | Break (30 min) |
| 11:10-11:40am |
Dr. Greg Olson & Dr. Jason Sebastian - QuesTek
|
| 11:40am-12pm |
Dr. Dan Miracle – Air Force Research Laboratory
|
| 12-1pm | Lunch (Provided) |
| 1-1:30pm |
Dr. Mike Kirka – Oak Ridge National Lab
|
| 1:30-1:40pm |
Breakout Session 1: Introduction & Objectives
Dr. Zak Fang – ARPA-E
|
| 1:40-2:50pm |
Breakout Session 1: Define Material Needs:
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| 2:50-3:20pm | Break (30 min) – Return to Great Room CD |
| 3:20-3:50pm | Report out of breakout session 1 (10 minutes each group) |
| 3:50-4pm | Q & A (10 mins) |
| 4-7:15pm | One-on-one meetings with PD (15 minutes each) – Great Room B |
| 4-5:15pm | Team Building part I: Introductory presentations 5 min/ea. – Great Room C-D |
| 5:15-6:30pm | Team Building part II: Potential team members networking – Great Room C-D |
| 6:30pm | Conclusion of Day 1 (dinner on your own) |
Day 2: Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30-8:30am | Registration & Breakfast (Breakfast is Provided Today) |
| 8:30-8:40am |
Day 2 Opening Remarks
Dr. Zak Fang – ARPA-E
|
| 8:40-9am |
Dr. Anand Kulkarni – Siemens
|
| 9-9:20am |
Dr. Ravi Chandran – University of Utah
|
| 9:20-9:40am |
Dr. Ali Yousefiani – Boeing
|
| 9:40-9:50am |
Breakout Session 2: Introduction
Dr. Zak Fang – ARPA-E
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| 9:50-10:10am | Break and Report to Breakout Sessions |
| 10:10-11:10am |
Breakout Session 2:
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| 11:10-11:20am | Prepare for report out of breakout sessions |
| 11:20-11:35am | Report out of breakout session 2 (5 minutes each group) |
| 11:35am | End of workshop (Lunch on your own) |
| 11:35am-1:30pm | One-on-one meetings with PD (15 minutes each) - Great Room B |