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High Temperature Superconductors
High Temperature Superconductors will increase the production speed and reduce the cost of high-temperature superconducting coated conductor tapes by using a pulsed laser deposition process to support the development of transformational energy technologies including nuclear fusion reactors. By developing tools to expand the area on which the superconducting layers are deposited, the team at High Temperature Superconductors will raise production speeds by five to ten times compared to that of present-day levels while improving the quality and consistency of the materials.
… process to support the development of transformational energy technologies including nuclear fusion reactors. By developing tools to expand the area on which the superconducting …
University of Florida
Develop a means to combat the damage that neutron exposure causes to concrete used to house nuclear reactors. The project will explore novel additives incorporating boron and will determine whether or not, when bombarded with neutron radiation, these can produce lithium that improves the concrete’s strength and extends its lifetime.
… … Develop a means to combat the damage that neutron exposure causes to concrete used to house nuclear reactors. The project will explore novel additives incorporating boron and will determine …
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Woodruff Scientific, Inc., will develop a costing capability to help ARPA-E fusion performers estimate both the projected overnight capital cost and levelized cost-of-electricity (LCOE) of a fusion power plant based on their fusion concepts. These estimates will underlie essential technology-to-market analysis and help guide R&D priorities by illuminating the costliest aspects of different concepts and need for further development.
… an ideal energy source—safe, clean, and abundant. Based on the cost challenges facing advanced nuclear fission—which shares unit size, capital cost, and power-generation attributes with …
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a machine learning (ML) approach to optimize surfaces for boiling heat transfer and improve energy efficiency for applications ranging from nuclear power plants to industrial process steam generation. Predicting and enhancing boiling heat transfer presently relies on empirical correlations and experimental observations. MIT’s technology will use supervised ML models to identify important features and designs that contribute to heat transfer enhancement autonomously.
… surfaces for boiling heat transfer and improve energy efficiency for applications ranging from nuclear power plants to industrial process steam generation. Predicting and enhancing boiling …
University of Maryland (UMD)
The University of Maryland will leverage a newly invented, ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) method to perform fast exploration of new environmental-thermal barrier coatings (ETBCs) for 1300°C-capable refractory alloys for harsh turbine environments. UHS enables ultrafast synthesis of high-melting oxide coatings, including multilayers, in less than a minute, enabling rapid evaluation of novel coating compositions.
… … ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov … Dr. Philseok Kim … jczhao@umd.edu … MD … ALUMNI … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
QuesTek Innovations
QuesTek Innovations will apply computational materials design, additive manufacturing (AM), coating technology, and turbine design/manufacturing to develop a comprehensive solution for a next-generation turbine blade alloy and coating system capable of sustained operation at 1300°C.
… ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov … Dr. Philseok Kim … golson@questek.com … IL … ALUMNI … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
Raytheon Technologies Research Center
Raytheon Technologies Research Center (RTRC) aims to design and validate the manufacturability and mechanical properties of a new hot section turbine alloy. To achieve higher efficiency turbine operation, RTRC will use additive manufacturing (AM) to produce test coupons (specimens) and potentially a representative turbine blade using a high entropy alloy (HEA) enhanced with oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) particles.
… … Dr. Philseok Kim … john.sharon@rtx.com … CT … ALUMNI … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
… or any agency thereof or its contractors or subcontractors. … 2016-01-01 … iRunway … Nuclear Fusion: Global IP Landscape …
During the ALPHA program, ARPA-E commissioned a report on the fusion intellectual-property (IP) landscape. Some key takeaways from the report are:
Magnetic and inertial confinement dominate existing IP landscape
Magneto-inertial or other approaches are a ripe area for creating new IP
Over 50% of fusion IP is expired, primarily due to non-payment of fees
Be judicious in timing of filing, given the 20-year protection time frame.
General Electric (GE) Global Research
GE Research has proposed transformational material solutions to potentially enable a gas turbine blade alloy-coating system capable of operating at a turbine inlet temperature of 1800 °C for more than 30,000 hours.
… … Dr. Philseok Kim … Michael.Worku@ge.com … NY … ACTIVE … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
University of Utah
The University of Utah will use physical metallurgy principles and artificial intelligence to identify the chemistry of new niobium (Nb)-based refractory alloys to ensure they have excellent high-temperature properties without being brittle at low temperatures. The artificial intelligence approach will discover promising compositions for the new alloys based on existing knowledge of simple alloys. The computational materials models will be used to predict the proper processing conditions for the material chemistries.
… … Dr. Philseok Kim … ravi.chandran@utah.edu … UT … ACTIVE … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
University of Virginia (UVA)
A turbine engine's combustion environment can rapidly degrade high temperature alloys, which means they must be coated. This coating must be able to expand with the alloy so it adheres during temperature cycling, prevent combustion gases from permeating to the underlying alloy, and possess ultra-low thermal conductivity to protect the alloy from high surface temperatures. The University of Virginia will develop a novel coating for high temperature alloys that enables both a dramatic increase in upper use temperature for turbine engine blades and increased engine efficiency.
… ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov … Dr. Philseok Kim … opila@virginia.edu … VA … ALUMNI … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
Harvard University
Harvard University will develop a compact NMR system to provide detailed information on composition and environment in subsurface oil exploration and production. By building the electronics for the system with gallium-nitride-based integrated circuitry, the team seeks to greatly miniaturize the NMR system, reducing both the volume and weight by two orders of magnitude, and enabling it to withstand the high temperatures found in a deep drill hole. The proposed technology will place the majority of the essential NMR electronics on a single board.
… 3386582 … Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is most commonly found in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …
University of Maryland (UMD)
The University of Maryland (UMD) will leverage recent advances in additive manufacturing to develop a next-generation air-cooled heat exchanger. The UMD team will assess the performance and cost of current state-of-the-art technology, including innovative manufacturing processes. The team will then utilize computer models to simulate a wide-range of novel heat exchanger designs that can radically enhance air-side heat transfer performance. The team will then physically build and test two 1 kilowatt (kW) prototype devices.
… of which is used to cool steam after it has passed through a steam turbine. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, and solar thermoelectric power plants typically consume water to cool the steam leaving …
The Boeing Company
Boeing Research & Technology aims to develop a comprehensive solution for ultra-high performance turbine blades and other extreme environment aerospace applications. The team will develop a series of novel refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCA) and their processing parameters for both laser beam powder-bed-fusion/powder-feed-deposition additive manufacturing and advanced powder metallurgy manufacturing, as well as intermediate layer materials optimized for coating solutions.
… … Dr. Philseok Kim … ali.yousefiani@boeing.com … IL … ACTIVE … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) on turbine blades are designed to protect the blade from reaching temperatures higher than the operational capability of the base metal. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aims to develop a new type of TBC that performs dual functions. The coating will act as a barrier to conventional heat transfer and have ability to alter the wavelength of light radiated from the hot turbine blade surface. This normally wasted energy will be absorbed in the turbine exhaust where it can then produce additional electrical power or thrust.
… … Dr. Philseok Kim … pete.mcgrail@pnnl.gov … WA … ALUMNI … Coal-fired and nuclear-powered plant electricity generation is uneconomical, unsafe, outdated, and/or …