Structural Alloys for Power Plants

Download or read book Structural Alloys for Power Plants written by A. Shirzadi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current fleets of conventional and nuclear power plants face increasing hostile environmental conditions due to increasingly high temperature operation for improved capacity and efficiency, and the need for long term service. Additional challenges are presented by the requirement to cycle plants to meet peak-load operation. This book presents a comprehensive review of structural materials in conventional and nuclear energy applications. Opening chapters address operational challenges and structural alloy requirements in different types of power plants. The following sections review power plant structural alloys and methods to mitigate critical materials degradation in power plants.