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Time-Dependent Failure Assessment of Ceramic Receivers

Journal Article · · SolarPACES Conference Proceedings (Online)

The outlet temperature targets for Gen 3 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems pose a significant challenge to the structural reliability of high temperature metallic components, including those manufactured from nickel-based superalloys. Advanced ceramics present a potential solution due to their excellent high-temperature strength. However, accurate assessment of ceramic components requires an entirely different approach compared to metallic components. This paper describes the implementation of time-dependent reliability analysis of ceramic components in srlife – an open-source software package for estimating the life of high temperature CSP components. This new capability will allow high temperature CSP designers to make fair comparisons between competing metallic and ceramic designs and accurately assess the performance of different ceramic materials for CSP receivers and other components. The current version of the tool is available at https://github.com/Argonne-National-Laboratory/srlife.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
2468720
Journal Information:
SolarPACES Conference Proceedings (Online), Journal Name: SolarPACES Conference Proceedings (Online) Vol. 2; ISSN 2751-9899
Publisher:
TIB Open PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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