- Developing Refractory Alloy Innovations for Superior Efficiency (RAISE) – an ultra-high temperature material system that would enable gas turbine blades to operate at 1,700 °C (3,092°F)
- Will help drive efforts to push turbine efficiency beyond 65% and accelerate decarbonization of the energy sector
- $1.6 million project to be driven by world-class, multi-disciplinary team with decades of experience and a dedicated High Bay lab facility in alloy, coating and process development <
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