Hydrogen and sustainable development are the subject of a new scientific project at the Silesian University of Technology
At the Faculty of Materials Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Katowice, a hybrid meeting was held to inaugurate the project with the acronym TBC4H2, entitled “Coating thermal barriers for ecological heat-to-energy applications: understanding the limitations in hydrogen combustion conditions and a sustainability perspective”, as part of the M-Era.NET 2022 initiative.
The project is financed by the National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), ANR, French National Research Agency (France) and SMWK (Germany).
The inaugural meeting was attended by partners from 3 countries and 6 scientific units. Poland is represented by: Łukasiewicz – GIT (as project coordinator), Silesian University of Technology and Avio Aero; France - MINES Paris - PSL, and Germany - Fraunhofer IWS and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
Scientists participating in the project are: dr hab. Eng. Radosław Swadźba, dr hab. Eng. Bogusław Mendala, prof. SUT, prof. dr hab. Eng Lucjan Swadźba, MSc.Eng. Łukasz Pyclik, dr Vincent Maurel, dr hab. Vincent Guipont, Eliot Degouilles, dr Eng. Filofteia-Laura Toma, Eng. Stefan Scheitz, dr Eng. Ravisankar Naraparaju.
The aim of the project is to gain new knowledge about the behaviour at high temperatures of thermal barrier coatings (TBC) deposited using slurry plasma spraying (SPS) and physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) methods, produced on a single-crystalline superalloy based on nickel with diffusion protective layers and interlayers intended for aircraft engine turbines. Their use in conditions of increased water vapor concentrations typical for the use of hydrogen fuels will allow for an increase in the operating temperature and, consequently, the efficiency of aircraft engine turbines, and at the same time will reduce fuel consumption of new generation aircraft and will directly contribute to reducing CO2 emissions to environment, thus meeting the world's needs for building climate neutrality.
