APS TBC performance on directionally-solidified superalloy substrates with HVOF NiCoCrAlYHfSi bond coatings

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-13
Number of pages5
JournalSurface and Coatings Technology
Volume284
DOIs
StatePublished - 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).

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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

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