Microstructural Degradation of Thermal Barrier Coatings on an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Simulated Film-Cooled Turbine Vane Pressure Surface Due to Particulate Fly Ash Deposition
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52305#.VI-k1cnQrzE Author(s) Kevin Luo 1 , Andrew C. Nix 1 , Edward M. Sabolsky 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions, Morgantown, USA . 2 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Morgantown, USA . ABSTRACT Research is being conducted to study the degradation of thermal barrier coatings (TBC) employed on IGCC turbine hot section airfoils due to particulate deposition from contaminants in coal syn-thesis gas (syngas). West Virginia University (WVU) had been working with US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory...