Scale formation mechanisms of martensitic steels in high CO2/H2O-containing gases simulating oxyfuel environments

Abstract In oxyfuel power plants, metallic components will be exposed to service environments containing high amounts of CO2 and water vapour. Therefore, the oxidation behaviour of a number of martensitic 9–12%Cr steels in a model gas mixture containing 70% CO2–30% H2O was studied in the temperature range 550–700°C. The results were compared with the behaviour in air, Ar–CO2 and Ar–H2O. It was found that in the CO2- and/or H2O-rich gases, the mentioned steels tended to form iron-rich oxide scales with significantly higher growth rates than the Cr-rich surface scales formed during air exposure. The iron-rich scales were formed as a result of a decreased flux of chromium in the bulk alloy toward the surface because of enhanced internal oxidation of chromium in the H2O-containing gases and carbide formation in the CO2-rich gases. Additionally, the presence of water vapour in the exposure atmosphere led to buckling of the outer haematite layer, apparently as a result of compressive oxide growth stresses. The Fe-base oxide scales formed in CO2(–H2O)-rich gases appeared to be permeable to CO2 molecules resulting in substantial carburization of the steel.

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