RemLife Software
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ANSTO's technology commercialisation successes include RemLife Software.
About RemLife Software
RemLife is a high temperature remaining life cost assessment program and is a simulator for coal and gas fired power stations and petrochemical plants that calculates the damage from unit cycling, then assesses the costs of the chosen cycling regime. Developed by ANSTO Remaining Life Assessment experts, supported by the WTIA and power stations across Australia.
For more information: Read the RemLife Technology Profile and/or Australian Industry Wins article.
Commercial status: Currently seeking licensees.
ANSTO Business Development contact: Email: Bruce Begg, or phone: +61 2 9717 9068.
Inventor: Dr Warwick Payten, Phone: +61 2 9717 3822.
Biography
Dr Warwick Payten
Dr Warwick Payten - B.App.Sc Hons (Material Science) PhD (Material Science/Engineering) is one of Australia’s leading experts in the field of high temperature remaining life assessment. He has 20 years of experience in the field of Finite Element Analysis of structures and components and has published over 50 papers and has two patents.
He has been heavily involved in structural integrity and condition monitoring projects for the power and petrochemical industry, and has considerable experience in the areas of thermal, creep fatigue and fracture mechanics modelling.
Warwick consults on critical power infrastructures and performs remaining life assessment and asset management for the NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland power industries.
He has authored over 60 papers, and has considerable experience in the areas of solid mechanics, elastic-plastic, thermal, creep, fatigue, fracture mechanics and remaining life assessment. Warwick was instrumental in the development of the RemLife.
A software package that is a simulator for coal and gas fired power stations that calculates the damage from unit cycling and then assesses the costs of the chosen cycling regime.
This is currently being used by a number of stations within Australia. Through his involvement at ANSTO, Warwick has developed links with international organisations including British Energy/EDF, and the EPRI working group on Creep-Fatigue Interaction.
At the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Warwick was involved in the mechanical, seismic and dynamic design and assessment of the new nuclear research reactor OPAL at ANSTO. Previously, he was employed by the Metallurgy Section of the Electricity Commission of NSW for several years and has considerable inspection experience at various power stations in Australia.