Field stress corrosion tests in brine environments of the Salton Sea known geothermal resource area
Corrosion research is being conducted to determine suitable construction materials for geothermal resource recovery plants. As part of this research, a 30-day stress corrosion test was conducted at the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area on seven iron- and nickel-base alloys in four brine and steam process streams using wellhead brine from geothermal well Magmamax 1. The tests showed transgranular cracking of AISI 316L stainless steel and intergranular and transgranular cracking of AISI 430 stainless steel in all four process streams. E-Brite 26-1 exhibited intergranular and transgranular cracking in three of the four process streams. Carbon steel, Inconel 625 and Hastelloys G and C-276 show no evidence of stress corrosion cracking.
- OSTI ID:
- 5777933
- Journal Information:
- Mater. Performance; (United States), Journal Name: Mater. Performance; (United States) Vol. 19:9; ISSN MTPFB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Corrosion in geothermal brines of the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area
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150903* -- Geothermal Engineering-- Corrosion
Scaling & Materials Development
ALLOYS
BRINES
CARBON STEELS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
FIELD TESTS
FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
HASTELLOYS
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
INCONEL 625
INCONEL ALLOYS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MATERIALS
MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
NATURAL STEAM
NICKEL ALLOYS
NICKEL BASE ALLOYS
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
STAINLESS STEELS
STEAM
STEELS
STRESS CORROSION
TANTALUM ALLOYS
TESTING
WELLS