TY - GEN A1 - Abang, Roger Atini A1 - Weiß, Sabine A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Impact of increased power plant cycling on the oxidation and corrosion of coal-fired superheater materials T2 - Fuel N2 - As power generation from variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power continues to increase in the future, fewer baseload power plants will be needed. As a result, high operational flexibility is becoming a vital requirement for conventional power plants to allow for the smooth integration of the variable renewable energy sources (v-RES) into the grid. To understand the impact of high operational flexibility (increased cycling) for coal-fired power plant materials, five commercial coal boiler superheater and reheater materials were investigated under isothermal and cyclic conditions for 1000 h each. The candidate alloys investigated were: T91, VM12-SHC, TP347-HFG, DMV304 HCu and DMV310 N. The results (weight change kinetics and metallographic analysis) after exposure at a metal surface temperature of 650 °C clearly showed the impact of increased flexibility on the corrosion and oxidation of the materials. Oxide growth (weight gain), metal loss, oxide spallation, and grain boundary attack were found to be more severe under cyclic conditions than under isothermal conditions. KW - Power plant flexibility, Isothermal oxidation, Cyclic oxidation, High temperature corrosion, Superheaters Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.02.047 SN - 0016-2361 VL - 2018 IS - 220 SP - 521 EP - 534 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Abang, Roger Atini A1 - Lisk, Alexander A1 - Krautz, Hans Joachim T1 - Fireside corrosion of superheater materials under oxy-coal firing conditions T2 - Energy Procedia N2 - The present study investigates the fireside corrosion behavior of selected superheater materials, namely: T24, P92, VM12-SHC, A800HT, and 7RE10 under oxy-coal combustion atmospheres. Data on mass change, scale thickness, metal loss, surface morphology and micro-structural characteristics of corrosion products were obtained. The alloy specimens were analyzed by SEM-EDX, light microscopy and X-Ray diffraction techniques. The results after 2000 hours of exposure at a metal surface temperature of 600 °C indicate that metal wastage increased with decreasing Cr-content under oxy-coal conditions. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.035 SN - 1876-6102 VL - 40 SP - 304 EP - 311 ER -