Project: Metrology to enable high temperature erosion testing
Erosion issues are recurrent problems for gas turbines operating in desert environments. Erosion and wear can dramatically reduce the efficiency and lifetime of high value components, which currently costs the power industry an estimated 200 million € each year in lost performance, forced outages and repairs. Efficiency improvements of up to 10 % could be made by developing new materials with improved resistance to high temperature particulate erosion. However, few facilities exist to measure this erosion around the world and those that do are limited in terms of particle speed and temperature. This project will build a system to perform tests at temperatures up to 900 °C and particle speeds up to 300 metres per second. The tests will also use fully characterised particles in terms of their size, shape and distribution, to give greater control and precision. This will support the development of new materials with improved resistance to erosion, leading to improvements in the aerospace, energy, mining and oil and gas industries.
| Acronym | IND61 METROSION (Reference Number: IND61) |
| Duration | 01/06/2013 - 31/05/2016 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
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| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMRP |
| Call | EMRP Call 2012 - Industry, SI Broader Scope and Open Excellence |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NPL Management Limited | Coordinator | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | Cesky Metrologicky Institut | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet | Partner | Denmark |
| 5 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | Partner | Germany |
| 6 | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A. | Italy |