Cranfield University:

•  Centre for Energy and Resource Technologies

• Centre for Surface Science and Engineering

Research activities for this Supergen project include:

• Assessment of exposure conditions for components in power plants using advanced operation conditions:

                    o biomass co-firing

                    o oxy-fuel firing

                    o higher gas/metal/steam temperature

• Evaluation of high  temperature oxidation performance of:

                    o gas turbine materials (base alloys and coatings)

                    o heat exchanger materials (fireside and steam side surfaces)

• ·     Sensing systems for:

                    o high temperature corrosion of heat exchangers

                    o temperature/heat flux on gas turbine components

• Improved coating compositions for gas turbine environments

• Predictive modelling for:

                    o high temperature oxidation

                    o hot/fireside corrosion

                    o steam oxidation