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Title: Materials technology for coal-conversion processes. Fourteenth quarterly report, April-June 1978

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6344582· OSTI ID:6344582

Optical and SEM examinations of alumina, alumina--chrome, magnesia--chrome, and chrome--spinel refractories exposed to acid slags in some previous test runs show that spinel reaction products form at the slag-refractory interface. Ultrasonically measured erosive-wear data on the HYGAS cyclone have been obtained after more than 3000 h of operation; the linear rate is nearly the same as that observed in past examinations. A field test program for acoustic valve-leakage-detection systems for use at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center was planned. Uniaxial tensile data were generated for Incoloy 800, Type 310 stainless steel, U.S. Steel Alloy 18-18-2, and Inconel 671 after 3.6 months exposures to multicomponent gas mixtures that simulate a coal-gasification environment. The preexposure of the materials to complex gas mixtures resulted in a decrease in ultimate tensile strength with only minimal changes in the uniform strain over the range of approx. 4 to 13%. Installation work continued on the high-temperature erosion apparatus. Failed components from the HYGAS Ash Agglomerating Gasifer (dipleg, thermowell and pressure tap) and the Synthane pilot plant (CO/sub 2/-compressor unloading fingers, eighth-floor oxygen line, steam heat up line, raw-gas scrubber, char-transfer line, oxygen line No. 1203 and oxygen line No. 1381) were examined.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6344582
Report Number(s):
ANL-78-79
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English