Improving Economics of Generation 3 CSP System Components Through Fabrication and Application of High Temperature Nickel-Based Alloys
To improve the efficiency and lower the cost of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants, new Generation 3 ‘Gen 3’ CSP concepts using novel salts, solids, or gas heattransfer media envisaged to integrated with a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power block at temperatures >715ºC are being investigated. Regardless of the specific pathway, critical components including receivers, piping, and heat-exchangers (HXs) will require the use of heat-resistant nickel-based alloys. Furthermore, the use of age-hardenable alloys, such as INCONEL® alloy 740H® (alloy 740H) may be needed to reduce capital cost. The unique challenges presented by CSP plants to material manufacture, such as small diameter thin-walled tubing in receivers, large diameter thin wall piping, and thin sheet and tubes for HXs can add to the cost to produce such alloys when compared to traditional wrought and cast processing. The goal of this project was to facilitate a reduction of plant cost by developing alternate manufacturing routes and quantifying the performance and economic benefits for alloy 740H in comparison to other candidate nickel-based alloys through fabrication trials, high-temperature mechanical property studies, and interactions with technology developers and codes and standards.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0008367
- OSTI ID:
- 1906359
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-EPRI-EE08367-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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