Group Sponsored Projects
ETD’s Multi-Client Projects
Now available for participation
In response to the needs of the international industry, ETD regularly launches new multi-client projects for participation by organisations from around the world. The benefit of joining these Group Sponsored Projects (GSPs), in which costs are shared, is that each participant gains the results of the whole project at a fraction of the full project cost.
ETD has excellent expertise through its in-house R&D, plant service/technical consulting and project management experience and links with plant manufacturers, plant operators, service providers and researchers from around the world. The company is thus in an ideal position to conduct such projects on behalf of the project partners and bring together plant experience from best run plant and latest findings from technology development in Europe, Japan, USA and elsewhere.
Running Projects
The following projects are running at present (2008):
- (1) Development of a Plant Life Assessment Procedure and Software
- (2) Development of a Procedure & Software - Integrity and Remaining Life Assessment of Petrochemical, Process and Refining Plant
- (3) Life Assessment Methods for Stainless Steel Components
- (4) P91 Inspection, Monitoring, Integrity and Life Assessment
- (5) Damage to Power Plant due to Cyclic Operation and Guidelines for Best Practices (2007-2008) (update on the earlier completed project)
- (6) Damage to CCGTs Due to Cycling - Operational, Technical and Cost Issues (update on the earlier completed project)
- (7) Low Alloy Ferritic, Martensitic, Stainless Steels & Ni-Based Alloys: Review of Materials, Data, Plant Experience & New Developments for Design and Lifing of High Temperature Plant (This project consists of four independent sub-projects on each of ‘low alloy ferritic’ ‘Martensitic’, Stainless Steels’ and Ni-Based Alloys’. Each sub-project includes both traditional and newly developed or under-development materials)
- (8) T91 Boiler Tube Oxidation / Integrity Issues and Life Extension/ Replacement Strategies
- (9) Crackfit: Development of a Procedure and Commercial Software for the Assessment of Cracks in High Temperature Components (being jointly developed with industrial partners) - Further information available only on request from contact details shown below.
- (10) Riskfit: Development of RBM Procedure and Software for Power Plant
This newly started project’s objective is to optimise process aimed at rationally allocating maintenance/inspection resources and scheduling in proportion to an identified risk level. The process of RBI/RBM uses both knowledge (equipment and inspection history, damage mechanisms, process evolution) and the analysis tools to treat the collected data. - Further information available on request from the contact details shown below.
- (11) On-Site Powerful High Resolution Metallography: A Revolutionary Development Surpassing and Replacing Component Replication
European Technology Development in collaboration with a UK University are launching this 6-months duration multi-client or Group Sponsored Project (GSP) project. The aim is to further improve an already developed and vigorously tested by ETD a suite of equipment for on-site component inspection for nano-level micro-damage (due to creep, fatigue, corrosion etc.) detection or study of microstructural deterioration due to plant operation. The model on offer is as powerful, or in some cases even better, than a Scanning Electron Microscope, and is equally useful for all solid materials (metallic, non-metallic etc.) and for all industrial sectors including aerospace, nuclear, fossil power, petrochemical etc. - Further information available on request from the contact details shown below.
- (12) Replacement of Components in Ageing Power Plant Boilers & HRSGs -Technical, Materials and Cost Issues - Further information available on request from the contact details shown below.
- (13) Benchmarking of Conventional Power & Gas Turbine Plants - Technical and cost analysis
This project aims to conduct benchmarking of about 100 conventional power and GT/ CCGT plants from a number of European, North American and other utilities. The objective is to help project participants to know what to aim for in terms of better plant efficiency, reduction in plant operation and maintenance costs and reduction in component failure, repairs etc.
Completed Projects
Reports on the outcome of completed projects are available for purchase to new organisations/sponsors interested in benefiting from the outcome of a project
- (14) New Materials Review (P91, P92, T23, T24, P122): Research & Worldwide Plant Experience
- (15) Guidelines for Maintenance, Inspection, Monitoring and Repair of HRSGs
- (16) Damage to CCGT / HRSGs due to Cyclic Operation
- (17) Damage to Power Plant due to Two-Shifting / Cyclic Operation
- (18) On-Line Plant Monitoring
- (19) Advanced Inspection Techniques
For up-to-date and more detailed information, and costs involved, please contact:
Dr A Shibli: ashibli@etd1.co.uk Tel: + 44 1372 363 111
