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Title: Applicability of newly developed 610MPa class heavy thickness high strength steel to boiler pressure vessel

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OSTI ID:122650
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  1. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Corp., Yokohama (Japan)
  2. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Corp., Tokyo (Japan)
  3. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Corp., Aioi (Japan)

Construction of a 350 MW Class PFBC (Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion) boiler plant is under planning in Japan. Design temperature and pressure of the vessel are maximum 350 C and 1.69 MPa, respectively. As the plate thickness of the vessel exceeds over 100 mm, high strength steel plate of good weldability and less susceptible to reheat cracking was required and developed. The steel was aimed to satisfy the tensile strength over 610 MPa at 350 C after postweld heat treatment (PWHT), with good notch toughness. The authors investigated the welding performances of the newly developed steel by using 150 mm-thick plate welded by pulsed-MAG and SAW methods. It was confirmed that the newly developed steel and its welds possess sufficient strength and toughness after PWHT, and applicable to the actual pressure vessel.

OSTI ID:
122650
Report Number(s):
CONF-950740-; ISBN 0-7918-1328-2; TRN: IM9547%%230
Resource Relation:
Conference: Joint American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Honolulu, HI (United States), 23-27 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of High pressure technology 1995. PVP-Volume 297; Lees, W.A.; Picqueur, L. [eds.]; PB: 197 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English