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07349 Corrosion of High Alloy Superheater Tubes in a Coastal Biomass Power Boiler

Product Number: 51300-07349-SG
ISBN: 07349 2007 CP
Author: Joseph R. Kish, Douglas L. Singbeil, Craig Reid, and Ray Seguin
Publication Date: 2007
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Metallurgical examinations were conducted on a set of damaged high alloy (Type 310H stainless steel and Alloy 625 weld overlay) superheater tubes removed from a coastal fluidized bed biomass power boiler, to better understand the degradation mode. Active oxidation (gas-solid reaction occurring underneath the chloride-containing fireside deposit) was found to be the mechanism responsible for the significant loss in tube wall thickness observed on damaged superheater tubes. There exists a complex, poorly-understood, synergy between the critical factors that affect active oxidation, primarily tube temperature and the supply of reactants in the flue gas, namely sodium chloride (NaCl), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and water vapour (H2O). Overall ranking in terms of increasing corrosion resistance to active oxidation follows the expected trend: T22 < SS310H < A625WO. Despite the favourable ranking, the Alloy 625 weld overlay can corrode by active oxidation at an appreciable rate [0.45 mm/yr (18 mpy)] under existing boiler operating conditions. A promising corrosion control strategy involves reducing the steam temperatures in the outlet tubes of the three superheater sections to below 500 °C.
Metallurgical examinations were conducted on a set of damaged high alloy (Type 310H stainless steel and Alloy 625 weld overlay) superheater tubes removed from a coastal fluidized bed biomass power boiler, to better understand the degradation mode. Active oxidation (gas-solid reaction occurring underneath the chloride-containing fireside deposit) was found to be the mechanism responsible for the significant loss in tube wall thickness observed on damaged superheater tubes. There exists a complex, poorly-understood, synergy between the critical factors that affect active oxidation, primarily tube temperature and the supply of reactants in the flue gas, namely sodium chloride (NaCl), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and water vapour (H2O). Overall ranking in terms of increasing corrosion resistance to active oxidation follows the expected trend: T22 < SS310H < A625WO. Despite the favourable ranking, the Alloy 625 weld overlay can corrode by active oxidation at an appreciable rate [0.45 mm/yr (18 mpy)] under existing boiler operating conditions. A promising corrosion control strategy involves reducing the steam temperatures in the outlet tubes of the three superheater sections to below 500 °C.
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