SOLICITATION NOTICE
95 -- Alumina Forming Austenitic Alloy Available for Licensing
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 331110
— Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT Battelle LLC (DOE Contractor), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192
- ZIP Code
- 37831-6192
- Solicitation Number
- ORNL-TT-2014-11
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Alexander DeTrana, , Michael J Paulus, Phone: 8655741051
- E-Mail Address
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detranaag@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov
(detranaag@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- UT-Battelle, LLC, acting under its Prime Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the management and operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is seeking a commercialization partner for its Alumina Forming Austenitic Alloy technology. The ORNL Technology Transfer Office will accept licensing applications through September 15, 2014. Cast alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) stainless steel comprises an alloy formulation for castings yielding superior high temperature oxidation and creep resistance in a range of energy production and chemical processing applications. AFA comprises aluminum at a weight percentage sufficient to form protective aluminum oxide (alumina, Al2O3) surface layers. Conventional high-temperature stainless steels rely on chromium oxide (chromia, Cr2O3) surface layers for protection from high-temperature oxidation. Alumina has several advantages over chromia, however. Alumina grows at a rate 1 to 2 orders of magnitude lower than chromia and is also significantly more thermodynamically stable in oxygen, which results in fundamentally superior high-temperature oxidation resistance. An additional key advantage of alumina is its greater stability in the presence of water vapor. Water vapor is encountered in most high-temperature industrial environments, such as gas turbines, combustion, fossil-fired steam plants, and solid oxide fuel cells. Compromised oxidation resistance of chromia in the presence of aggressive species such as water vapor, carbon, sulfur, etc., typically encountered in energy production and process environments necessitates a reduction in operating temperature to achieve component durability targets. This temperature reduction reduces process efficiency and increases environmental emissions. Developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), cast AFA stainless steels are a new class of high-temperature (600-900°C) structural alloy steels designed for optimal properties in as-cast components. These patented new alloys (U. S. patent 8,431,072 B2) have been developed to replace cast, chromia forming austenitic stainless steels and cast irons for use in corrosive high temperature environments encountered in energy production and chemical/petrochemical processing. These steels are lower in cost compared to high performance nickel alloys, are weldable, and possess good high-temperature creep strength (resistance to time dependent elongation) to go along with superior high temperature corrosion resistance. The compositions of the alloys uniquely balance high-temperature corrosion behavior with creep resistance and can be cast into near-net shape products. Advantages •Lower cost tube production methods for chemical/petrochemical and power generation applications •Can be formed into complicated component shapes via casting •Enables higher temperature operation in harsh environments and thus results in greater process efficiency and decreased emissions over chromia-forming stainless steel •Preferable to more conventional stainless steels with chromia surface layers because of alumina's lower growth rate and greater thermodynamic stability, which yields superior high-temperature corrosion resistance in many environments Potential Applications •A range of energy production, chemical/petrochemical, and process industry applications •Shaped cast turbine and engine components, tubing, and automotive components •Any application requiring cast materials with high temperature corrosion resistance License applications will be evaluated based on prospective partners' ability and commitment to successfully commercialize the technology, with a preference for United States based businesses and small businesses. If a license is executed, the ORNL researchers developing the technology will be eligible to compete for additional funding to further advance the technology. Additional background and technical information may be found on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technology Transfer website. (http://www.ornl.gov/connect-with-ornl/for-industry/partnerships/technology-licensing/licensing-opportunity-announcements) This technology was originally developed using federal funds and selected for further development under the laboratory's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP supports technology development using royalties from existing technology licenses to accelerate the market readiness of high potential technologies. For additional information and license application, contact Alex DeTrana, Commercialization Manager, Technology Transfer, 865-576-9682, or detranaag@ornl.gov. Intellectual Property Patent/Patent Application Yukinori Yamamoto, Govindarajan Muralidharan, and Michael P. Brady. Alumina Forming Iron Base Superalloy US Patent Application 13/440,639, filed April 5, 2012. Govindarajan Muralidharan, Yukinori Yamamoto, and Michael P. Brady. Cast Alumina Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels US Patent 8,431,072 B2, issued April 30, 2013.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6192, United States
- Zip Code: 37831-6192
- Zip Code: 37831-6192
- Record
- SN03430685-W 20140720/140718235158-0af3fb01046e175dcbf36cee7cc9ceae (fbodaily.com)
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