Title :
Evaluation of materials for the MHD steam bottoming plant
Author :
Natesan, K. ; Swift, W.M.
Author_Institution :
Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA
Abstract :
Test data have been obtained on the corrosion of several commercial ASME-coded alloys and their weldments by exposing internally cooled ring specimens to simulated magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) environments. The specimens, coated with a K2SO4-rich deposit, were exposed for up to 2000 h at metal temperatures of 762, 593, and 567°C to simulated MHD conditions for the intermediate-temperature air heater (ITAH), ITAH transition region (transition from a low- to medium-chromium alloy to a high-chromium steel), and secondary superheater (SSH), respectively. The observed corrosion scale morphologies of various exposed specimens is discussed in detail. Data on scale thickness, depth of intergranular penetration, and metal recession are presented, and the results are used to assess the corrosion behavior of various materials for application in the MHD steam bottoming plant
Keywords :
corrosion testing; magnetohydrodynamic convertors; magnetohydrodynamic power plants; 567 degC; 593 degC; 762 degC; MHD steam bottoming plant; corrosion; intergranular penetration; intermediate-temperature air heater; magnetohydrodynamics; materials testing; metal recession; secondary superheater; steel; Corrosion; Inorganic materials; Iron alloys; Magnetic materials; Magnetohydrodynamics; Morphology; Steel; Temperature; Testing; Welding;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74591
