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Title
Performer
Principle Investigator
NT0006552 Degradation of Thermal Barrier Coatings from Deposits and Its Mitigation Ohio State University

Nitin Padture


Project Dates: 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2011

Area of Research: Materials

Federal Project Manager: Briggs White

Project Objective: To understand the mechanisms of degradation of thermal barrier coatings from common impurities, such as fly ash, in syngas-fired turbine engines and to develop a material or set of materials to mitigate this degradation for IGCC turbine engine TBCs.