Abstract
Directionally-solidified (DS) superalloy components with advanced thermal barrier coatings (TBC) to lower the metal operating temperature have the potential to replace more expensive single crystal superalloys for large land-based turbines. In order to assess relative TBC performance, furnace cyclic testing was used with superalloys 1483, X4 and Hf-rich DS 247 substrates and high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF)-NiCoCrAlYHfSi bond coatings at 1100°C with 1-hcycles in air with 10% H2O. With these coating and test conditions, there was no statistically-significant effect of substrate alloy on the average lifetime of the air plasma sprayed (APS) yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) top coatings on small coupons. Using photo-stimulated luminescence piezospectroscopy maps at regular cycling intervals, the residual compressive stress in the α-Al2O3 scale underneath the YSZ top coating and on a bare bond coating was similar for all three substrates and delaminations occurred at roughly the same rate and frequency. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) measurements collected from the bare bond coating surface revealed higher Ti interdiffusion occurring with the 1483 substrate, which contained the highest Ti content.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-13 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Surface and Coatings Technology |
Volume | 284 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 25 2015 |
Funding
The authors would like to thank D. Leonard, G. Garner, T. Lowe, T. Geer and T. Jordan for the assistance with the experimental work at ORNL and E. Lara-Curzio and D. Wilson for comments on the manuscript. This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Coal and Power R&D in the Office of Fossil Energy (R. Dennis program manager).
Funders | Funder number |
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Office of Coal and Power R&D | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Fossil Energy |
Keywords
- Alumina scale
- Bond coating
- Directionally-solidified superalloy
- Photo-stimulated luminescence piezospectroscopy (PLPS)
- TBC
- Water vapor