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In coal-fired power plants using oxyfuel combustion process with carbon capture and sequestration, instead of air, a mixture of oxygen and recirculated flue gas is injected in the boiler. A series of steels were exposed to CO2-SO2-Ar-H2O gas mixtures at 600 °C for 1000 h to compare their high temperature corrosion behavior. During the corrosion process, carburization, decarburization and recrystallization were observed underneath the oxide scale depending on the gas mixture and alloy composition. The conditions that lead to carburization are not yet completely understood, but decarburization can be simulated using thermodynamic and kinetic models. In this work, the results of these simulations are compared with measured values for one of the alloys that displayed a decarburized region. Since the mobility of carbon in the scale is not known, two strategies were adopted: simulation of alloy-atmosphere contact; and estimation of the carbon flux to produce the observed decarburization. The second approach might give an insight on how permeable to carbon the scale is.
The metal magnetic memory (MMM) technique relies on the measurement of stress-induced self-magnetic leakage fields (SMLFs) at the stress concentration zones (SCZs) of ferromagnetic materials during mechanical loading. However, there is an associated change in geometry of the specimen along with the stress due to plastic deformation. This paper presents a three-dimensional finite element (3D-FE) analysis of the stress-induced geometry effect on SMLFs in notched specimens during tensile deformation. The tangential (Hx) and normal (Hy) components of the SMLF signals have been predicted from the deformed specimens caused by different levels of tensile stress. Key parameters from the SMLF signals are determined for the possible estimation of damage in the specimen under tension. Studies reveal that the stress-induced geometry effect has a great influence (about 20%) on the SMLF signals, especially in the plastic deformation stage. The results show that the peak amplitude could be used for the estimation of different deformation stages under tension. The study also reveals that the SMLF signal is influenced by the thickness of the tensile specimen. The model-predicted thickness profile has also been experimentally validated.
The goal of reducing CO2 emissions in the automobile industry has led to the development of increasingly efficient lightweight material solutions that yield enhanced performance. In light of this goal, this current work involves the optimization of the pre-conditioning of novel, high toughness steel bearings without thermo-chemical treatment, with the aim of transferring the running-in phase into the final step of the mechanical finishing process. A case-hardened gear steel and two novel non-case-hardened steels were evaluated.