The ACHIEF project: innovative high-performance materials for Energy Intensive Industries

The ACHIEF project has developed a novel Integrated Artificial Intelligence aided Materials Toolbox with the aim to propose innovative and adapted high performance materials and protective coatings. The four types of new materials:
PDC coatings with improved high-temperature corrosion and erosion resistance;
Advanced Cr-steels grade with 15% improved creep resistance and higher temperature corrosion resistance;
Innovative high-temperature and creep resistance materials based on HESAs models; and
High-performance coatings based on HEA-nanocomposites.
The developed materials have been implemented in industrial environments to demonstrate their performance. The uses cases have been CONSTELLIUM (France), ArcelorMittal (Spain), and Tüpraş (Turkey).
The impact of the project is to improve energy efficiency by 20%, reduce the CO2 emissions by 20%, and increase the lifetime of the equipment of more than 20%.