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can better understand the Roadmap of the Chemical Industry, and
provides us an opportunity to be involved in meeting the material
requirements for the industry.
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MTI published its first Technology Roadmap in 1998. The roadmap was created in a meeting facilitated by Energetics Corporation and funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Industrial Technology. The purpose was to define the materials technology and development needs of the chemical industry.
This roadmap led to the development of five projects that were funded by the Department of Energy.
- Enhancement & Commercialization of the Alloy Selection System for Elevated Temperatures
- Corrosion Monitoring System
- Prediction of Corrosion in Mixed Solvents
- Advanced Intermetallics & Alloy for Ethylene Crackers
- Metal Dusting Study
These initial projects will be complete at the end of 2003. Some of the projects will receive additional funding for continued work. In the five years since the initial roadmap was developed, a number of changes have occurred in technology and in DOE funding strategy. The MTI membership recognized the changes and with help from DOE, engaged Energetics to run a second facilitated group meeting to create a new MTI Roadmap for Process Equipment Materials Technology.
The facilitated group meeting was held in November of 2002. A selected group of more than 40 world-class experts in materials and materials technology met in Baltimore for a two-day meeting. The result of that meeting was the creation of the MTI Roadmap for Process Equipment Materials Technology.
The new Roadmap has expanded its scope from primarily metals to include polymers and ceramics. It is organized around four major themes;
- Knowledge Management,
- Prediction of Materials Properties,
- Condition Assessment and
- New Materials for Challenging Process Conditions.
The roadmap also identified several needs that cut across more than one of these themes and three overarching challenges, that we named Grand Challenges. These are:
- Condition Assessment,
- Modeling and Prediction of Materials Performance and
- Delivery of Materials Engineering Information.
The summary of technology needs can influence the basis of MTI’s
future project development activities. It serves as an indicator to
potential project partners the areas where MTI members are seeking
opportunities for leveraged funding.
The new Roadmap positions MTI as the leader in technology planning
for the future in materials of
construction for the process industries.