Abstract
Fossil fuels have historically represented two-thirds of all electricity generation in the United States and are projected to continue to play a similar role despite historically low projected growth rates in electricity demand and the recent dramatic shift from coal to more natural gas usage. Economic and environmental drivers will require more reliable and efficient fossil fuel generation systems in the future, likely with new system designs, higher operating temperatures, and more aggressive environments. Some of the current corrosion issues in power plants are reviewed along with research on materials solutions for systems envisioned for the near future, such as coal gasification and oxy-fired coal boilers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1024-1032 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | JOM |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2013 |
Funding
The research shown was sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Advanced Research Materials Program and the Office of Coal and Power R&D. The author is grateful from insights gained from discussions with I.G. Wright, R. Klueh, and P.J. Maziasz at ORNL; V. Cedro, R. Dennis, and B. White at NETL; J. Shingledecker at EPRI; B. Nagaraj at General Electric; A. Kulkarni at Siemens; and S. Sampath at Stonybrook University. The author is thankful also for the assistance of S. Dryepondt, J. Thomson, G. Garner, T. Lowe, H. Longmire, and T. Jordan with the experimental work at ORNL. P.F. Tortorelli and M.P. Brady at ORNL provided helpful comments on the manuscript.