Research Program S68:"Thermal Energy Production - Efficiency Improvement and Emission Reduction of Thermal Power Plants

Program sponsored by the Austrian Science Foundation FWF

Program Start: 1994; Program End: 1999

Program Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Herbert Jericha

Objective: This research program tries to achieve an efficiency improvement and emission reduction of thermal power plants. This task is tackled on several fronts by cooperation of six institutes from the two technical universities in Austria in the field of turbomachinery, boiler design and energy. The research program was proposed in 1989 and granted in 1993 for five years. Most institutes started their work in 1994. A program evaluation was performed by the FWF in 1996. Also, the program has strong support from the Austrian industry.

Participants:

• Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics, TU Graz
• Institute for Materials Science and Welding, TU Graz
• Institute for Thermal Engineering, TU Graz
• Institute for Chemical Engineering; Div. Equipment Engr. and Particle Technology, TU Graz
• Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Power Plants, TU Vienna
• Institute for Thermal Engineering, TU Vienna

Projects granted within the Research Program:

• S6801 "Efficiency Improvement by Flow Optimization", Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics, Technical University Graz
• S6803 "Pyrolysis and Combustion of Small and Medium Size Particles", Institute for Chemical Engineering; Div. Equipment Eng. and Particle Technology, Technical University Graz
• S6804 "Solar Power Plants", Institute for Thermal Engineering, Technical University Graz
• S6805 "Materials for High Temperature Steam Plants", Institute for Materials Science and Welding, Technical University Graz
• S6807 "Gas Turbines for Particle Loaded Gases" Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics, Technical University Graz
• S6808 "Improved Dust Precipitation in Cyclones", Institute for Chemical Engineering; Div. Equipment Engr. and Particle Technology, Technical University Graz
• S6809 "Wood Particle Fired Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber", Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery and Power Plants, Technical University Vienna
• S6810 "Modelling of Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion Systems", Institute for Thermal Engineering, Technical University Vienna
• S6811 "Efficiency Improvement by Cycle Optimisation", Institute for Thermal Engineering, Technical University Graz

Projects schedule and connection between projects (JPEG 125 kB)