Analysis of Thermodynamic Cycles, Blade Design, and Blade Cooling for Fuel Changes

• Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., The Effects of Changing Fuels on Hot Gas Path Conditions in Syngas Turbines , Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Paper GTP-08-1158, Article no. 044501, Vol. 13, 2009.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G. Numerical Simulations of the Effects of Changing Fuel for Turbines Fired by Natural Gas and Syngas, ASME Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, Canada, May 14-17,2007, paper no. GT2007-27530, pp. 413-422.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., Integration of Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer Models for Turbines Fired by Syngas and Hydrogen, Symposium Materials in Clean Power Systems II: Fuel Cells, Solar, and Hydrogen-Based Technologies, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 25 - March 1, 2007, pp. 43-52.
• Wright, I.G., Gibbons, T.B., Sabau, A.S., Pint, B.A., High-Temperature Materials Issues in Syngas/Hydrogen-Fired Turbines, TMS Materials in Clean Power Systems: Applications, Corrosion, and Protection: Hydrogen Separation, Delivery, and Materials Issues in Clean Power Plants, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006, pp. .

Oxide Growth, State of Stress, and Spallation in Boiler Tubes

• Sabau A.S., Shingledecker J.P., and Wright I.G., Steam-Side Oxide Scale Exfoliation Behavior in Superheaters And Reheaters: Differences in the Behavior of Alloys T22, T91, And TP347 Based on Computer Simulation Results 6th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Technology for Fossil Power Plants, Santa Fe NM, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2010.
• Sabau A.S., Wright I.G., Zhang W., Pint B.A., Unocic K.A., and Mathews J., Temperature Evolution and Oxide Growth in Waterwall Tubes of Supercritical Units, Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections International Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 19-22, 2010.
• Sabau A.S. and Wright I.G., Prediction of Oxide Scale Exfoliation in Steam Tubes, Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections International Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 19-22, 2010.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G. Influence of Oxide Growth and Metal Creep on Strain Development in the Steam-side Oxide in Boiler Tubes, Oxidation of Metals, Vol. 73, pp. 467-492, 2010.
• Wright, Ian G.; Howe, Jane Y.; Sabau, Adrian S., Morphological evolution of oxide scales grown on ferritic steels in steam , Materials at High Temperatures, Vol. 26, 2009, pp. 105-111(7), DOI: 10.3184/096034009X464348.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., On the estimation of thermal strains developed during oxide growth , J. Appl. Phys. 106, 023503, 2009, DOI:10.1063/1.3157199.
• Wright, I.G.; Sabau, A.S. and R.B. Dooley, Development of Strain in Oxides Grown in Steam Tubes, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 595-598, High Temperature Corrosion and Protection of Materials 7, December 2008.
• Wright, I.G. Sabau, A.S.; M. Schütze, and R.B. Dooley, Oxide Growth and Exfoliation in Steam, EPRI International Conference on Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections, October 16-18, 2007, Calgary, Canada.