Sustainable material and additive manufacturing process development for large-scale equipment packaging decarbonizing

The partnership of the researchers at ÉTS and McGill with Siemens Energy Canada (SEC) aims to contribute to a more sustainable and circular manufacturing vison for the industry by focusing on innovative sustainable material (e.g. wood and concrete composites) and manufacturing developments and life-cycle-(impact) assessment using Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology as novel production method for Gas Turbine (GT) packaging.
The main outcome of this project is the development of a novel prototype and approach to design and manufacture large-scale sustainable GT packaging using circular economy practices. Basically, a GT package provides its utility requirements (air, fuel, oil, and water), controls its process operation, and assures stability and safety. The acquired multi-disciplinary manufacturing approach can be transferred to other application domains as well and the realized prototype will serve as demonstrator for sustainable (e.g. low carbon footprint) and circular (e.g. valorizing waste streams) large-scale infrastructure manufacturing respecting the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. Disruptive solutions will be developed during the proposed research project, which will concentrate on circular design and manufacturing, including life cycle assessment (LCA), composite material development using waste material as fillers and AM processes for the packaging key components, such as its baseplate (concrete based) and air-filter (wood based).