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High-Temperature Coatings for Turbine Blades and Vanes

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
70383 		Program Year/Program:
2004 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
N045-001-0009 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
UES, Inc.
4401 Dayton-Xenia Road Dayton, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2004
Title: High-Temperature Coatings for Turbine Blades and Vanes
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N00014-04-M-0317
Award Amount: $69,949.00
 

Abstract:

This Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I project seeks to develop a new oxidation barrier for preventing oxidation of the bond-coat in current state-of-the art thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). TBCs have been applied to the hot sections of aircraft turbine engines to increase engine efficiency and to extend the life of metal components; however, they have not been fully integrated to the engine design due to the potential catastrophic failures at the interfaces where crack formation takes place. This failure is closely linked to the thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer on the bond-coats during thermal exposures. Due to this fact, current efforts are focused on developing new alloys or barrier coatings, but only minimal benefits have been achieved. We propose the development of a new oxidation barrier layer based on yttrium aluminates that react to form YAG (Y3Al5O12) to solve the oxidation problems of the bond coats. During Phase I, we will also try to deposit a single phase rare earth orthophosphate (LaPO4) in order to seek a new TBC system exhibiting a high thermal insulation efficiency as well as a high thermochemical stability.

Principal Investigator:

HeeDong Lee
Research Scientist
9372556535
heedong.lee@wpafb.af.mil

Business Contact:

Francis F. Williams
Contracts Manager
9374266900
fwilliams@ues.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

UES, INC.
4401 Dayton-Xenia Road Dayton, OH 45432

EIN/Tax ID: 310797776
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
Univ. of Dayton Research Institute
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469
Contact: Robert P. Boehmer
Contact Phone: (937) 229-2919
RI Type: Domestic nonprofit research organization