List of Publications on Materials for Fossil Energy (Power Plants) (Adrian S. Sabau)

Oxide Growth, State of Stress, and Spallation/Exfoliation in Boiler Tubes (SCO2 and Steam)

Sabau A.S., Shingledecker J.P, Kung S.C., and Wright I.G., Exfoliation Propensity of Oxide Scale in Heat Exchangers Used for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles, Paper 66, 5th International Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 29 - 31, 2016.
Kung S.C., Shingledecker J.P, D. Thimsen, Wright I.G., Sabau A.S., Tossey, B.M. Oxidation/corrosion in materials for supercritical CO2 power cycles, Paper xx, 5th International Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 29-31, 2016.
Sabau, A.S., and Wright I.G., Shingledecker, J.P., and Tortorelli, P.F., Managing Oxide Scale Exfoliation In Boilers With TP347H Superheater Tubes, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Materials Technology for Fossil Power Plants, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, October 22, 2013.
Shingledecker J.P., Pint, B.A., Sabau, A.S., Fry A.T., and Wright I.G., Managing Steam-Side Oxidation and Exfoliation in USC Boiler Tubes, Advanced Materials \& Processes, Vol. 171, pp. 23-25, 2013.
I. G, Wright, A. S. Sabau, and Shingledecker, J.P., Oxide Scale Exfoliation and Regrowth in TP347H Superheater Tubes, Materials and Corrosion, Vol. 63, pp. 896-908, 2012.
A.S. Sabau, I.G, Wright, and Shingledecker J.P., Growth and regrowth of multiple layered oxide films in a non-uniform temperature field, 2-nd EPRI-NPL Workshop on Scale Exfoliation from Steam-Touched Surfaces, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, UK, January 17-18, 2012.
Sabau A.S., Shingledecker J.P., and Wright I.G., Steam-Side Oxide Scale Exfoliation Behavior in Superheaters And Reheaters: Differences in the Behavior of Alloys T22, T91, And TP347 Based on Computer Simulation Results 6th International Conference on Advances in Materials and Technology for Fossil Power Plants, Santa Fe NM, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2010.
Sabau A.S., Wright I.G., Zhang W., Pint B.A., Unocic K.A., and Mathews J., Temperature Evolution and Oxide Growth in Waterwall Tubes of Supercritical Units, Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections International Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 19-22, 2010.
Sabau A.S. and Wright I.G., Prediction of Oxide Scale Exfoliation in Steam Tubes, Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections International Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 19-22, 2010.
Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G. Influence of Oxide Growth and Metal Creep on Strain Development in the Steam-side Oxide in Boiler Tubes, Oxidation of Metals, Vol. 73, pp. 467-492, 2010.
Wright, Ian G.; Howe, Jane Y.; Sabau, Adrian S., Morphological evolution of oxide scales grown on ferritic steels in steam , Materials at High Temperatures, Vol. 26, 2009, pp. 105-111(7), DOI: 10.3184/096034009X464348.
Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., On the estimation of thermal strains developed during oxide growth , J. Appl. Phys. 106, 023503, 2009, DOI:10.1063/1.3157199.
Wright, I.G.; Sabau, A.S. and R.B. Dooley, Development of Strain in Oxides Grown in Steam Tubes, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 595-598, High Temperature Corrosion and Protection of Materials 7, December 2008.
Wright, I.G. Sabau, A.S.; M. Schütze, and R.B. Dooley, Oxide Growth and Exfoliation in Steam, EPRI International Conference on Boiler Tube and HRSG Tube Failures and Inspections, October 16-18, 2007, Calgary, Canada.

Analysis of Thermodynamic Cycles, Blade Design, and Blade Cooling for Fuel Changes

Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., The Effects of Changing Fuels on Hot Gas Path Conditions in Syngas Turbines , Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Paper GTP-08-1158, Article no. 044501, Vol. 13, 2009.
Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G. Numerical Simulations of the Effects of Changing Fuel for Turbines Fired by Natural Gas and Syngas, ASME Turbo Expo 2007, Montreal, Canada, May 14-17,2007, paper no. GT2007-27530, pp. 413-422.
Sabau, A.S. and Wright, I.G., Integration of Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer Models for Turbines Fired by Syngas and Hydrogen, Symposium Materials in Clean Power Systems II: Fuel Cells, Solar, and Hydrogen-Based Technologies, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb. 25 - March 1, 2007, pp. 43-52.
Wright, I.G., Gibbons, T.B., Sabau, A.S., Pint, B.A., High-Temperature Materials Issues in Syngas/Hydrogen-Fired Turbines, TMS Materials in Clean Power Systems: Applications, Corrosion, and Protection: Hydrogen Separation, Delivery, and Materials Issues in Clean Power Plants, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006, pp. .

Analysis of Thermodynamic Cycles for Geothermal Binary Power Plants and Energy Recovery

McFarlane J., Qualls L., Sabau A.S., Wright S., Yin H. Air versus Water Cooling in Engineered Geothermal Systems, Groundwater Protection Council Annual Forum, Sept. 24-28, 2011, Atlanta, GA.
Vidhi R., Kuravi S., Besarati S., E.K. Stefanakos, D. Yogi Goswami, and A.S. Sabau, Performance of working fluids for power generation in a supercritical organic Rankine cycle, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability & 10th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, paper 91473, ESFuelCell2012, July 23-26, 2012, San Diego, CA.
Sabau A.S., Yin, H., Mcfarlane J., Gruszkiewicz M., Conklin, J.C., Qualls L.A., And Pawel, S.J., Mixtures of CO2-SF6 as Working Fluids for Geothermal Plants, submitted for the Proceedings of the 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2011, Nov. 11-17, 2011, Denver, CO.
Sabau A.S, Yin H., Qualls L.A., and McFarlane J., Investigations of supercritical CO2 Rankine cycles for geothermal power plants, 2011 Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Symposium, Boulder, CO, May 24-25, 2011.
Vidhi R., Goswami Y., Chen J., Stefanakos E., Kuravi S., Sabau A.S., Study of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle for Low Grade Heat Conversion, 2011 Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle Symposium, Boulder, CO, May 24-25, 2011.
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