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Abstract:

This document is a profile for the project titled 'Improved Materials for Boilers and Steam Turbines'.

The principal aim of this project was to develop and demonstrate the suitability of advanced materials and components for the power industry. Such materials and components were aimed at steam temperatures of 620 - 650°C. Specific areas covered were:

Development and assessment of improved alloys for boiler superheaters, headers, pipework and furnace walls.

Development of improved alloys for steam turbine high temperature rotor forgings, castings, and bolting. Prototype component manufacture and characterisation.

Development and modelling of welding procedures and consumables for the above groups.

Accelerated alloy development and application through improved understanding and modelling of microstructural evolution and its relationship to mechanical properties.

Characterisation of steam oxidation behaviour of new alloys, and modelling of spallation.

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