ProFIT HTA Phase I

What it is about
High-temperature applications include the development and production of components that come into contact with the hot gas jet in highly efficient gas-fired power plants, which reaches temperatures of well over 1000 degrees Celsius. To ensure their function and service life, additive manufacturing is used to implement innovative cooling concepts that are technically unfeasible using conventional manufacturing processes.

Aims of the reserach project
The research project aims to improve additive manufacturing processes in order to be able to produce new designs for highly efficient components. Another goal is to qualify higher-performance materials for use in additive manufacturing.

Motivation
The research project “High Temperature Applications” has a strong focus on decarbonization as a contribution against climate change. Here, both additive manufacturing processes and additively manufactured components can make a major contribution to making the central energy supply more sustainable. The use of alternative fuels in gas turbines, green hydrogen or biogas, is only possible with components that have completely new properties and cannot be produced using conventional manufacturing methods. This is where additive manufacturing offers the freedom in design that is needed. In addition, additive manufacturing processes and the targeted use of materials with outstanding thermomechanical properties can improve high-temperature components in such a way that the efficiency of gas turbine power plants is decisively increased, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.