Topic 17 - Advanced materials for sustainable energy (incl. nuclear fission and fusion, industrial gas turbines)
Ceramic matrix composite materials combine favorable thermal and mechanical properties with low density. Composites can replace conventional materials, such as metals or monolithic ceramics, to overcome technical barriers in numerous applications. Beyond aerospace, friction and power generation applications, ceramic matrix composites could be used for new applications where they could be the only solution to reach technical specifications.
This symposium will especially focus on improved and advanced ceramic composite materials for sustainable energy. Whatever gas turbine, solar or nuclear applications (with the advent of new nuclear reactor concepts), there is significant challenge to develop specific CMC materials to meet stringent requirements, i.e., high temperature and/or corrosive environments (including neutron effect). Thus, a systematic approach of modeling, processing, characterization, and in-service performance testing is required to bring new materials in use.
Keywords: nuclear, gas turbine, solar, fusion, fission, sustainable energy, heat exchanger
Scientific Committee :
Jürgen Göring, WPX Faserkeramik, Germany
Stéphane Goujard, SAFRAN Ceramics, France
Roland Weiß, Schunk Kohlenstoffiechnik, Germany
Jeremy Bischoff, Framatome, France
Martin Steinbrück, KIT, Germany
Christian Deck, General Atomics, USA
Peng Xu, Westinghouse, USA
Charles Lewinsohn, Coorstek, USA
Tatsuya Hinoki, Kyoto University, Japan
Weon-Ju Kim, KAERI, Korea
Shoko Suyama, Toshiba, Japan
Shaoming Dong, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics CAS, China
Points of Contact:
Cédric Sauder, CEA, Saclay, France, cedric.sauder@cea.fr
Yutai Katoh, ORNL, USA, katohy@ornl.gov