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Title: The AGTSR consortium: An update

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OSTI ID:269488
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  1. Clemson Univ., SC (United States)

The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) program is a collaborative University-Industry R&D Consortium that is managed and administered by the South Carolina Energy R&D Center. AGTSR is a nationwide consortium dedicated to advancing land-based gas turbine systems for improving future power generation capability. It directly supports the technology-research arm of the ATS program and targets industry-defined research needs in the areas of combustion, heat transfer, materials, aerodynamics, controls, alternative fuels, and advanced cycles. The consortium is organized to enhance U.S. competitiveness through close collaboration with universities, government, and industry at the R&D level. AGTSR is just finishing its third year of operation and is sponsored by the U.S. DOE - Morgantown Energy Technology Center. The program is scheduled to continue past the year 2000. At present, there are 78 performing member universities representing 36 states, and six cost-sharing U.S. gas turbine corporations. Three RFP`s have been announced and the fourth RFP is expected to be released in December, 1995. There are 31 research subcontracts underway at performing member universities. AGTSR has also organized three workshops, two in combustion and one in heat transfer. A materials workshop is in planning and is scheduled for February, 1996. An industrial internship program was initiated this past summer, with one intern positioned at each of the sponsoring companies. The AGTSR consortium nurtures close industry-university-government collaboration to enhance synergism and the transition of research results, accelerate and promote evolutionary-revolutionary R&D, and strives to keep a prominent U.S. industry strong and on top well into the 21st century. This paper will present the objectives and benefits of the AGTSR program, progress achieved to date, and future planned activity in fiscal year 1996.

Research Organization:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States); USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Industrial Technologies
OSTI ID:
269488
Report Number(s):
DOE/METC-96/1023-Vol.1; CONF-9510109-Vol.1; ON: DE96000561; TRN: 96:002471-0011
Resource Relation:
Conference: Advanced turbine systems (ATS) annual review, Morgantown, WV (United States), 17-18 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Advanced Turbine Systems Annual Program Review meeting. Volume 1; PB: 216 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English