LNF: Additive manufacturing of Copper alloys for the development of new Clean Energies (AFCE)
LNF - Nationally funded project
Title: Additive manufacturing of Copper alloys for the development of new Clean Energies (AFCE)
Reference: Proyectos Transición Ecológica y Transición Digital
Programme and date: 2021 program
Area/subarea: Materials for energy
Principal Investigator(s): Rebeca Hernández Pascual - Edgar León Gutiérrez
Project type: Individual project
Start-end dates: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2024
Financing granted (direct costs): 149.155 €
Description of the project
The objective of the project is to optimize the parameters of the additive manufacturing of CuCrZr alloys for use in fusion reactors. The additive manufacturing of Cu alloys is not yet optimized, and the materials show great variability and low reproducibility. This project aims to optimize the manufacturing parameters by Electron beam welding of CuCrZr materials through the use of screening-type high-efficiency characterization techniques, to later perform the characterization of the optimized materials with conventional techniques. The scope also includes the preparation of recommendations for the standardization of the manufacturing process.
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