UltraSuperCritical Materials for Coal Fired Power
Plants
Jointly funded by the
U.S. DOE and Ohio Coal Development
Office
EIO
President, Bob Purgert, and High
Temperature Materials Project Manager,
Dr. Natalie Sobczak, are pictured in
front of their poster presentation on
high nickel alloys for Clean Coal
applications at the EuroMat 2011
international conference on advanced
materials in September 2011. This
project is sponsored by the State of
Ohio's Coal Development Office and
U.S.DOE.
Current coal
fired power plants might achieve
operating efficiencies of greater than
50% if ultrasupercritical conditions are
employed. One of the current draw-backs
for achieving these conditions are
materials needed to permit operation of
plants at the 1400°F and 5,000 psi steam
pressure. This effort, exceeding $20
million with the services being provided
by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and
cost shared by an industry consortium,
will address this need. EIO is the prime
contractor and is responsible for
managing and coordinating the efforts of
the four U.S. boiler manufacturers, the
Electric Power Research Institute and
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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