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project info
Start date: 1 January 2024
End date: 30 June 2027
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 6 203 219,52 €
EU contribution: 2 986 748,88 € (54,17%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Development of technologies and implementation for the production of critical components of the Aero-IGT turbine.

Green electricity production is crucial for the sustainable development of the state. The latest trend in its production is its production using a new generation of aeroderivative industial gas turbines – Aero-IGT. These structures consist of a gas-generator from an aircraft engine and a power turbine (a medium and low pressure turbine in one module) combined with a generator designed to convert mechanical (rotating) energy into electro-motor force and then into electric current. As part of the project, CPP will develop the technology and implement in its own business the production of precision castings for both a low-pressure turbine with an equiaxial structure as well as blades for a high-pressure turbine with a monocrystalline structure. In engineering practice, it is extremely difficult to produce an ideal monocrystalline blade, which is why turbine manufacturers define the permissible deviation of the direction [001] from the blade axis – the ‘alpha’ angle. However, the manufacturers of the parts imposed additional requirements in this case called the second maximum deviation - the ‘beta’ angle. The requirement for alpha and beta angles has serious procedural consequences. The standard Bridgman starter process cannot be used for columnar grains from which mono grains will be selected, as this technique only gives the possibility to control the deviation of the direction [001] from the blade axis. In order to fully control both orientations, it is necessary to use the Bridgman technique with a crystallization embryo with a strictly defined crystallographic orientation. Before starting the foundry process, the foundry must ‘bred’ the crystallisation embryos. The subject of the project is highly innovative and will allow CPP to enter the new market of castings used in the production of electricity, the so-called Aero-IGT castings. This will significantly improve the stability of the company, which currently produces exclusively for the aviation industry.

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