Wear behavior of 2-1/4 Cr-1 Mo tubing against alloy 718 tube-support material in sodium-cooled steam generators
A series of prototypic steam generator 2-{1/4} Cr-1 Mo tube/alloy 718 tube support plate wear tests were conducted in direct support of the Westinghouse Nuclear Components Division -- Breeder Reactor Components Project Large Scale steam Generator design. The initial objective was to verify the acceptable wear behavior of softer, over-aged'' alloy 718 support plate material. For all interfaces under all test conditions, resultant wear damage was adhesive in nature with varying amounts of 2-{1/4} Cr-1 Mo tube material being adhesively transferred to the alloy 718 tube supports. Maximum tube wear depths exceeded the initially established design allowable limit of 127 {mu}m (.005 in.) at 17 of the 18 interfaces tested. A decrease in contact stresses produced acceptable tube wear depths below a readjusted maximum design allowable value of 381 {mu}m (.015 in.). Additional conservatisms associated with the simulation of a 40-year lifetime of rubbing in a one-week laboratory test provided further confidence that the 381 {mu}m maximum tube wear allowance would not be exceeded in service. Softer, over-aged'' alloy 718 material was found to produce slightly less wear damage on 2-{1/4} Cr-1 Mo tubing than fully age hardened material. Also, air formed oxide films on the alloy 718 reduced initial tube wear and delayed the onset of adhesive surface damage. However, at high surface stress levels, these films were not sufficiently stable to provide adequate long term protection from adhesive wear. The results of the present work and those of previous test programs suggest that the successful in-sodium tribological performance of 2-{1/4} Cr-1 Mo/alloy 718 rubbing couples is dependent upon the presence of lubricative surface films, such as oxides and/or surface reaction or deposition products. 11 refs., 13 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Madison, PA (United States). Advanced Energy Systems Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT02-80CH94049
- OSTI ID:
- 5408651
- Report Number(s):
- WAESD-NA-94000-13; ON: DE91015600; TRN: 91-022879
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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