A new ferritic steel branded as Thor (TM) 115 has been developed to enhance high-temperature resistance. The steel design combines an improved oxidation resistance with long-term microstructural stability. The new alloy was extensively tested to assess the high-temperature time dependent mechanical behavior (creep). The main strengthening mechanism is precipitation hardening by finely dispersed carbide (M23C6) and nitride phases (MX). Information on the evolution of secondary phases and time-temperature-precipitation behavior of the alloy, essential to ensure long-term stability, was obtained by scanning transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, and by X-ray powder diffraction on specimens aged up to 50,000 hours. The material behavior was also tested in service conditions, to validate the laboratory results: Thor (TM) 115 tubing was installed in a HRSG power plant, directly exposed to turbine flue gasses. Tubing samples were progressively extracted, analyzed and compared with laboratory specimens in similar condition. This research shows the performance of Thor (TM) 115 regarding steam oxidation and microstructure evolution up to 25,000 exposure hours in the field. So far, no oxide microstructure difference is found between the laboratory and on field tubing: in both cases, the oxide structure is magnetite/hematite and Cr-spinel layers and the oxide thickness values lay within the same scatter band. The evolution of precipitates in the new alloy confirms the retention of the strengthening by secondary phases, even after long-term exposure at high temperature. The deleterious conversion of nitrides into Z phase is shown to be in line with, or even slower than that of the comparable ASME grade 91 steel.

Microstructural Evolution and Steam Oxidation Resistance of Field-tested Thor (tm) 115 Steel / Ferrara, A; Ortolani, M; Escorza, E; Scardi, P; D'Incau, M. - ELETTRONICO. - (2019), pp. 197-204. (Intervento presentato al convegno JOINT EPRI - 123HIMAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS tenutosi a Nagasaki, JAPAN nel 21st-24th october 2019).

Microstructural Evolution and Steam Oxidation Resistance of Field-tested Thor (tm) 115 Steel

Scardi, P;D'Incau, M
2019-01-01

Abstract

A new ferritic steel branded as Thor (TM) 115 has been developed to enhance high-temperature resistance. The steel design combines an improved oxidation resistance with long-term microstructural stability. The new alloy was extensively tested to assess the high-temperature time dependent mechanical behavior (creep). The main strengthening mechanism is precipitation hardening by finely dispersed carbide (M23C6) and nitride phases (MX). Information on the evolution of secondary phases and time-temperature-precipitation behavior of the alloy, essential to ensure long-term stability, was obtained by scanning transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, and by X-ray powder diffraction on specimens aged up to 50,000 hours. The material behavior was also tested in service conditions, to validate the laboratory results: Thor (TM) 115 tubing was installed in a HRSG power plant, directly exposed to turbine flue gasses. Tubing samples were progressively extracted, analyzed and compared with laboratory specimens in similar condition. This research shows the performance of Thor (TM) 115 regarding steam oxidation and microstructure evolution up to 25,000 exposure hours in the field. So far, no oxide microstructure difference is found between the laboratory and on field tubing: in both cases, the oxide structure is magnetite/hematite and Cr-spinel layers and the oxide thickness values lay within the same scatter band. The evolution of precipitates in the new alloy confirms the retention of the strengthening by secondary phases, even after long-term exposure at high temperature. The deleterious conversion of nitrides into Z phase is shown to be in line with, or even slower than that of the comparable ASME grade 91 steel.
2019
Joint Epri – 123Himat International Conference on Advances in High-Temperature Materials
9503 KINSMAN RD, MATERIALS PARK, OH 44073 USA
ASM INTERNATIONAL
9781627082716
Ferrara, A; Ortolani, M; Escorza, E; Scardi, P; D'Incau, M
Microstructural Evolution and Steam Oxidation Resistance of Field-tested Thor (tm) 115 Steel / Ferrara, A; Ortolani, M; Escorza, E; Scardi, P; D'Incau, M. - ELETTRONICO. - (2019), pp. 197-204. (Intervento presentato al convegno JOINT EPRI - 123HIMAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS tenutosi a Nagasaki, JAPAN nel 21st-24th october 2019).
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