2019 UNIVERSITY TURBINE SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROJECT REVIEW MEETING

2019 UNIVERSITY TURBINE SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROJECT REVIEW MEETING
November 5-7, 2019
Orlando, Florida

Agenda

The National Energy Technology Laboratory University Turbine Systems Research (NETL-UTSR) program manages a portfolio of university-based turbine research projects. The UTSR program offers a Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship funded by sponsoring gas turbine manufacturers. This fellowship has helped to facilitate the transition of the best students from academia to the gas turbine industry, thereby helping to maintain U.S. leadership in this important area of technology. The success of the UTSR program has been made possible by a network of universities, the collaborating gas turbine industry, and the DOE turbine program – all of which are facilitated by an annual UTSR project review meeting, which is open to the public and brings together experts from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss ongoing turbine research sponsored by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy UTSR program under existing cooperative agreements. The UTSR program committee selects meeting venues close to leading universities directly involved in turbine research. The 2019 UTSR project review meeting, co-hosted by University of Central Florida, was held at the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel in Florida, Nov. 5–7, 2019. The theme of this year’s review meeting was “Turbine Technologies in a Changing Energy Landscape.”

Tuesday, November 5,2019

General Session

• Welcome & Introduction
  Michael Georgiopoulos, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida

• Opening Remarks
  Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Overview of DOE Advanced Turbines Program
  Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Technology and Fuel Choice for Tomorrow’s Generation – Change in Power
  Paul Browning, President & CEO, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas

• Panel Discussion, Power Generation with Integrated Large - Scale Energy Storage

  • Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida
  • Michael J. Ducker, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
  • Jay Kapat, University of Central Florida
  • Juan Lopez, Siemens Energy
  • Doug Hofer, GE Research
  • Rachana Vidhi, NextEra Energy Resource


• Evolution of Energy in a Decarbonizing World
  Richard Voorberg, Executive Vice President, Service – North America, Siemens Energy

Track A: Combustion (Day 1 & 2) Pressure Gain Combustion (Day 2 & 3)-Vienna B

Moderators: Mark Freeman & Donald Ferguson U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Advanced Multi-Tube Mixer Combustion for 65% Efficiency
  Michael Hughes, GE Power
• High-Frequency Transverse Combustion Instabilities in Low-NO_X Gas Turbines
  Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Understanding Transient Combustion Phenomena in Low-NO_X Gas Turbines
  Jacqueline O’Connor, Pennsylvania State University
• Improving NO_X Entitlement with Axial Staging
  Scott Martin, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
• Extremely Low NO_X Axial Staged Combustion System
  Andrew North, Siemens Energy, Inc.

Track B - Aero & Heat Transfer (Day 1) & Super Critical CO₂ (Day 2 & 3)-Normandy A

Moderators: Robin Ames & Seth Lawson

• Turbine Aero-Thermal Technologies for 65% Combined Cycle Efficiency
  Joseph Weber, General Electric
• Bulk Temperature, Adiabatic-Wall Temperature, & Heat-Transfer Coefficient — Revisited
  Tom I-P Shih, Purdue University
• Analysis of Turbine Cooling Technologies for Increasing NGCC Efficiency
  Selcuk Can Uysal, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Revolutionizing Turbine Cooling with Micro-Architectures Enabled by Direct Metal Laser Sintering
  Jeffrey Bons, The Ohio State University
• LES & RANS/DERM Modeling for Design Optimization of Additively & Conventionally Manufactured Internal Turbine Cooling Passages
  Robert Kunz, Pennsylvania State University
   

Track C - Materials (Day 1 ) & Ceramic Matrix Composites & Additive Manufacturing (Day 2 & 3)- Normandy B

Moderators: Rin Burke & Richard Dalton

• Design & Development of Low Weight, Titanium Aluminide Airfoils for High Performance Industrial Gas Turbines Meeting 65% Combined Cycle Efficiency
  Sam Miller, Siemens Energy, Inc.
• High Temperature, High AN₂ Last Stage Blade for 65% Combined Cycle Efficiency
  John Delvaux, GE Power
• Development of High-Performance Ni-Based Alloys for Gas Turbine Wheels Using a Coprecipitation Approach
  Yunzhi Wang, The Ohio State University
• Real Time Health Monitoring for Gas Turbine Components Using Online Learning & High Dimensional Data
  Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology
• In-Situ Optical Monitoring of Gas Turbine Blade Coatings Under Operational Extreme Environments
  Quentin Fouliard, University of Central Florida

Wednesday, November 6,2019

General Session

• Impact of Changing Landscape of Power Generation on Innovations in Gas Turbines
  John Intile, General Manager, Gas Turbine Engineering, GE Power
• Open Discussion on the Future of the UTSR Program
  Richard Dennis, Turbine Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Advancing Turbine Research through the National Experimental Turbine (NExT)
  Karen Thole, Distinguished Professor & Department Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Track A: Combustion (Day 1 & 2) Pressure Gain Combustion (Day 2 & 3)-Vienna B

Moderators: Mark Freeman & Donald Ferguson U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• High Temperature Low NO_X Combustor Concept Development
  Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Advanced Modular Sub-Atmospheric Hybrid Heat Engine
  Yaroslav Chudnovsky, Gas Technology Institute
• Turbocompound Reheat Gas Turbine Combined Cycle
  John Gülen, Bechtel
• Modeling sCO₂ Compressors at Off-Design Conditions with Fluid Impurities
  Ashvin Hosangadi, Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (CRAFT Tech)
• H₂-Power – A Modular Heat Engine for the Direct Conversion of Natural Gas to Hydrogen & Power Using Hydrogen Turbines
  Jeffrey Mays, Gas Technology Institute
• Overview of Rotating Detonation Combustion Study at NETL
  Don Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• A Joint Experimental/Computational Study of Non-Idealities in Practical Rotating Detonation Engines
  Mirko Gamba, University of Michigan
• Fuel Injection Dynamics & Composition Effects on Rotating Detonation Engine Performance
  Mirko Gamba, University of Michigan

Track B - Aero & Heat Transfer (Day 1) & Super Critical CO₂ (Day 2 & 3)-Normandy A

Moderators: Robin Ames & Seth Lawson

• Novel Modular Heat Engines with sCO₂ Bottoming Cycle Utilizing Advanced Oil-Free Turbomachinery
  Bugra Ertas, GE Research
• Materials Research for Supercritical CO₂ Power Cycles
  Omer Dogan, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Low-Leakage Seals for Utility Scale sCO₂ Turbines
  Rahul Bidkar, GE
• Advanced Gas Turbine & sCO₂ Combined Cycle Power System
  Kevin Hoopes, Southwest Research Institute
• Combustion Kinetics Model Development & Fluid Property Experimental Investigation for Improved Design of Supercritical CO₂ Power Cycle Components
  Subith Vasu, CATER/University of Central Florida
• Integrated Optimization & Control of a Hybrid Gas Turbine/sCO₂ Power System
  Timothy Held, Echogen Power Systems
• Development of Modular, Low-Cost, High Temperature Recuperators for the sCO₂ Power Cycle – Prototype Performance Update
  Marc Portnoff, Thar Energy, LLC
• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Primary Power Large-Scale Pilot Plant
  Timothy Held, Echogen Power Systems

Track C - Materials (Day 1 ) & CMC & AM (Day 2 & 3)- Normandy B

Moderators: Rin Burke & Richard Dalton

• High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Nozzles for 65% Efficiency
  John Delvaux, GE Power
• Additive Manufactured Metallic-3D Ox-Ox CMC Integrated Structure for 65% Combined Cycle Efficiency
  Ramesh Subramanian, Siemens Energy Inc.
• Hybrid Ceramic-CMC Vane with EBC for Future Coal Derived Syngas Fired Highly Efficient Gas Turbine
  John Holowczak, United Technologies Research Center
• A Multiphysics Multiscale Simulation Platform for Damage, Environmental Degradation, & Life Prediction of Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) in Extreme Environments
  Aditi Chattopadhyay, Arizona State University
• Integrated TBC/EBC for SiC Fiber Reinforced SiC Matrix Composites for Next Generation Gas Turbines
  Fei Peng, Clemson University
• Development of Additive Manufacturing for Ceramic Matrix Composite Vanes
  Steve Lynch, Pennsylvania State University
• Next Generation Environmental Barrier Coatings
  Bruce Pint, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• High Temperature Additive Architectures for 65% Efficiency
  Joseph Weber, General Electric

Thursday, November 7,2019

Track A: Combustion (Day 1 & 2) Pressure Gain Combustion (Day 2 & 3)-Vienna B

Moderators: Mark Freeman & Donald Ferguson U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Rotating Detonation Combustion for Gas Turbines – Modeling & Systems Synthesis to Exceed 65% Efficiency Goal
  Scott Claflin, Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Advanced Cost-Effective Coal-Fired Rotating Detonation Combustor for High Efficiency Power Generation
  Kareem Ahmed, University of Central Florida
• Pulse Detonation Engine for Advanced Oxy-Combustion of Coal Based Fuel for Direct Power Extraction Applications
  David Blunck, Oregon State University
• Pressure Gain, Stability & Operability of Methane/Syngas Based RDEs Under Steady & Transient Conditions
  Mirko Gamba, University of Michigan
• Techno-Economic Optimization of Advanced Energy Plants with Integrated Thermal, Mechanical & Electro-Chemical Storage
  Debangsu Bhattacharyya, West Virginia University

Track B - Aero & Heat Transfer (Day 1) & Super Critical CO₂ (Day 2 & 3)-Normandy A

Moderators: Robin Ames & Seth Lawson

• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Pilot Plant Facility
  Brian Lariviere, Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
• Corrosion & Erosion Resistant Surface Features for High Pressure Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Heat Exchangers
  John Kelly, Altex Technologies Corporation
• Development of Oxy-Fuel Combustion Turbines with CO₂ Dilution for sCO₂ Based Power Cycles
  Jeff Moore, Southwest Research Institute
• LES of Direct-Fired Oxy-Combustion in sCO₂ Power Systems
  Lee Shunn, Cascade Technologies
• 1MW Direct-Fired Oxy-Fuel sCO₂ Combustor Demonstration
  Jacob Delimont, Southwest Research Institute
• Advanced Model Development for LES of Oxy-Combustion & Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle
  Joseph C. Oefelein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Track C - Materials (Day 1 ) & CMC & AM (Day 2 & 3)- Normandy B

Moderators: Rin Burke & Richard Dalton

• Integrated Transpiration & Lattice Cooling Systems Developed by Additive Manufacturing with Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys
  Minking Chyu, University of Pittsburgh & Bruce Kang, West Virginia University
• Integrated Turbine Component Cooling Designs Facilitated by Additive Manufacturing & Optimization
  David Bogard, University of Texas at Austin & Karen Thole, Pennsylvania State University
• Development & Evaluation of a Novel Fuel Injector Design Method Using Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
  Jacqueline O’Connor & Guha Manogharan, Pennsylvania State University
• An Effective Quality Assurance Method for Additively Manufactured Gas Turbine Metallic Components via Machine Learning from in-Situ Monitoring, Part-Scale Modeling & Ex-Situ Characterization Data
  Xiayun Zhao, University of Pittsburgh
• Ensemble Manufacturing Techniques for Steam Turbine Components Across Length Scales
  Anand Kulkarni, Siemens Corporation
• Improved Performance & Cost for Steam Turbine Maintenance Repair, & Overhaul Using Additive Manufacturing
  Changjie Sun, General Electric Research

Open Discussion, Workshop Summary, Closing Comments & Wrap-Up

Richard Dennis, Advanced Turbines Technology Manager
U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Poster Presentations

• A Multiphysics Multiscale Simulation Platform for Damage, Environmental Degradation, & Life Prediction of Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) in Extreme Environments
  Christopher Sorini, Arizona State University
• High Frequency Transverse Combustion Instabilities in Low NOX Gas Turbines
  Jeong-Won Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology (Presenter Tim Lieuwen)
• High Temperature, Low NOX Combustor Concept Development
  Vedanth Nair, Georgia Institute of Technology (Presenter Tim Lieuwen)
• Data Driven Fault Detection of Premixer Centrebody Degradation in a Swirl Combustor
  Raghul Manosh Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology (Presenter Tim Lieuwen)
• Flow & Chemical Timescale Analysis in Supercritical CO₂ Combustion
  Raghu veera m Kancherla, University of Central Florida
• Thermodynamic Property Measurements for SCO₂ Mixtures Relevant to Allam Cycle
  Suhyeon Park, University of Central Florida
• Laser-Based Diagnostics for Characterizing Species & Temperature Within RDEs
  Kyle Thurmond, University of Central Florida
• Real-Time Health Monitoring for Gas Turbine Components Using Online Learning & High Dimensional Data
  Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology (Presenter Benjamin Peters)
• A Multidisciplinary Study of Additively Manufactured Transpiration Cooling Structures
  Zheng Min, University of Pittsburgh
• Overview of Rotating Detonation Combustion Study at NETL
  Don Ferguson, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Enhanced Cooling Through Additively Manufactured Lattice Geometries
  Sarwesh Parbat, University of Pittsburgh
• Experimental Investigation of Low-K, Durable Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings for SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites
  Anindya Ghoshal, CCDC Army Research Laboratory
• Reacting Jet of an Axial-Staged Combustor at High Pressure
  Bernhard Stiehl, University of Central Florida
• Autoignition Delay Time Measurements in sCO₂ Mixtures for Oxy-Combustion
  Samuel Barak, University of Central Florida
• Configuration for Luminescence-Based Temperature Sensing Thermal Barrier Coatings
  Quentin Fouliard, University of Central Florida
• Mechanical Properties of Coatings by Electron-Beam Physical Vapor Deposition & Plasma- Spray Physical Vapor Deposition Compared Using Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction
  Matthew Northam, University of Central Florida
• High Temperature Characterization & Defect Detection Through Pulsed Eddy Current Thermography
  Jonathan Hernandez, University of Central Florida
• Optimizing the Post-Processing of Additively Manufactured Parts
  Kyle Jude Michael Ventura, University of Florida
• Thermoacoustic Modeling of Gas Turbine Injector Geometry and Performance
  Austin Matthews, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Anomaly & Failure Prediction in Gas Turbine Using Statistical Analysis
  Shinjan Ghosh, University of Central Florida
• Thermodynamic Optimization & Transient Analysis of sCO₂ Power Cycle
  Nandhini Raju, CATER, University of Central Florida
• Thermal Degradation of Biofuels in Contact with Hot Metal Surfaces
  Katerina Chagoya, University of Central Florida
• Adiabatic Film Cooling Effectiveness of an Additively Manufactured Leading Edge Using an Engineered Porous Lattice to Simulate Transpiration Cooling Fabricated Using SLM
  Akshay Khadse, University of Central Florida