| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R17669/01 |
| Title: |
Control of Protection of Iron and Nickel-Base Alloys Against Metal Dusting In Environments of Variable Carbon Activity |
| Principal Investigator: |
Stott, Professor FH |
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Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2001 |
Ends: |
28 February 2005 |
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368,609
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This multidisciplinary research programme addresses one of the major high-temperature degradation phenomena in petrochemical and oil refining plant. It aims to provide the necessary scientific underpinning for the development of alloys and surface treatments to withstand metal dusting as industrial technologies move to higher carbon activity processing conditions, leading to lower energy consumption. An experimental programme will be undertaken to attain the objectives, with emphasis on determining the mechanisms of initiation and propagation of dusting and the sensitivity to damage of the more resistant alloys/surface treatments as a function of environmental parameters, particularly carbon activity and temperature. The onset and propagation of dusting will be followed by statistical evaluation of kinetics and use of a wide range of electronoptical facilities, including TEM/EDX, SEM/EDX, SNMS, EPMA and XPS/AES. Experimental and theoretical models of metal dusting will be developed for specific alloy classes and environments; these will form the basis of an overall model, allowing identification of optimum materials/surface treatments as a function of environmental conditions, and leading to quantitative predictions of performance over specified service lifetimes.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |