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Title: Mechanical behavior of ceramic composite hot-gas filters after exposure to severe environments

Conference ·
OSTI ID:416483
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  1. Ceramic Technology Center, St. Paul, MN (United States); and others

A novel type of hot-gas filter based on a ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic matrix has been developed, as reported at previous Fossil Energy Materials Conferences, through research activities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and at the 3M Company. Simulated testing has been done at the Westinghouse Science and Technology Center. This filter technology has been extended to full size, 60 mm OD by 1.5 meter long candle filters and a commercially viable process for producing the filters has been developed filters are undergoing testing and demonstration use throughout the world for applications in pressurized fluidized-bed combustion (PFBC) and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants. Demonstration tests of this ceramic composite filter along with other filters are in progress at the Tidd PFBC plant Mechanical tests were performed on the 3 M brand Ceramic Composite Candle Filter after exposure to various corrosive environments in order to assess its ability to function as a hot gas filter in coal-fired applications. Due to the different construction of ceramic composite filters and the thin composite wall versus the typical thick-walled monolithic filter, standard mechanical property tests had to be refined or modified to accurately determine the filters properties. These tests and filter property results will be described Longitudinal tensile and diametral O-ring compression tests were performed on as-produced candle filters as well as on filters which had been exposed to various environments. The exposures were for 1000 hrs at 850{degrees}C in wet air, in wet air containing Na{sub 2}CO{sub 3}, and in wet air containing NaCl. In addition, a filter which bad been coated with ash (Old Grimethorpe) was exposed to wet air at 850{degrees}C for 1000 hours.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI ID:
416483
Report Number(s):
ORNL/FMP-95/1; CONF-9505204-; ON: DE96001412; TRN: 96:006558-0008
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