Factors affecting the corrosion rates of ceramics in coal combustion systems
- Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States)
The concentrations of approximately a dozen elements in the products of coal combustion affect the corrosion rates of ceramics used to construct the combustion system. The elements, including H, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, and Fe, affect corrosion rates in three ways: as primary corrodants of the materials, as secondary corrodants that affect the activities of the primary corrodants, and by affecting the mass transport rate of the primary corrodants. A full factorial study of corrosion rates performed by varying the concentrations of these elements would involve X{sup n} tests, where X is the number of variations of each element and n is the number of different elements. For three variations (low, medium, and high concentrations) of each of 12 elements, the number of tests is 531,441 for a single temperature and pressure condition. The numbers can be reduced with the use of a fractional factorial test matrix, but the most effective way to perform corrosion tests is to base them on realistic system conditions. In this paper, the effects of the composition and physical state of the products of coal combustion on ceramic corrosion rates are given along with suggestions of appropriate test conditions for specific system components.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 416481
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/FMP-95/1; CONF-9505204-; ON: DE96001412; TRN: 96:006558-0006
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. annual conference on fossil energy materials, Oak Ridge, TN (United States), 16-18 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the ninth annual conference on fossil energy materials; Cole, N.C.; Judkins, R.R. [comps.]; PB: 522 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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