Chromium evaporation and oxidation characteristics of alumina-forming austenitic stainless steels for balance of plant applications in solid oxide fuel cells

Lingfeng Zhou; Zhipeng Zeng; Michael P. Brady; Donovan N. Leonard; Harry M. Meyer; Yukinori Yamamoto; Wenyuan Li; Greg Collins; Xingbo Liu

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.002

Chromium evaporation and oxidation characteristics of alumina-forming austenitic stainless steels for balance of plant applications in solid oxide fuel cells

Lingfeng Zhou, Zhipeng Zeng, Michael P. Brady, Donovan N. Leonard, Harry M. Meyer, Yukinori Yamamoto, Wenyuan Li, Greg Collins, Xingbo Liu

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Abstract

The chromium (Cr) evaporation behavior of several different types of iron (Fe)-based AFA alloys and benchmark Cr₂O₃-forming Fe-based 310 and Ni-based 625 alloys was investigated for 500 h exposures at 800 °C to 900 °C in air with 10% H₂O. The Cr evaporation rates from alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) alloys were ~5 to 35 times lower than that of the Cr₂O₃-forming alloys depending on alloy and temperature. The Cr evaporation behavior was correlated with extensive characterization of the chemistry and microstructure of the oxide scales, which also revealed a degree of quartz tube Si contamination during the test. Long-term oxidation kinetics were also assessed at 800 to 1000 °C for up to 10,000 h in air with 10% H₂O to provide further guidance for SOFC BOP component alloy selection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21619-21633
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	46
Issue number	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.002
State	Published - Jun 15 2021

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This manuscript has been co-authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). The Talos F200X S/TEM tool was provided by US DOE, Office of Nuclear Energy, Fuel Cycle R&D Program and the Nuclear Science User Facilities. George Garner, Michael Stephens, Tracie Lowe, Tyson Jordan, and Victoria Cox of ORNL are thanked for their assistance with the experimental work. This investigation is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the contract number DE-FE0027947. The authors would like to thank the Technology Manager, Dr. Shailesh Vora, and Project Manager, Dr. Debalina Dasgupta, for their technical guidance and financial support. This investigation is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the contract number DE-FE0027947. The authors would like to thank the Technology Manager, Dr. Shailesh Vora, and Project Manager, Dr. Debalina Dasgupta, for their technical guidance and financial support. This manuscript has been co-authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). The Talos F200X S/TEM tool was provided by US DOE, Office of Nuclear Energy, Fuel Cycle R&D Program and the Nuclear Science User Facilities. George Garner, Michael Stephens, Tracie Lowe, Tyson Jordan, and Victoria Cox of ORNL are thanked for their assistance with the experimental work.

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DOE Public Access Plan
United States Government
U.S. Department of Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-FE0027947
UT-Battelle	DE-AC05-00OR22725

Keywords

Alumina scale
Chromium evaporation
Oxidation kinetics
Solid oxide fuel cell

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Zhou, L., Zeng, Z., Brady, M. P., Leonard, D. N., Meyer, H. M., Yamamoto, Y., Li, W., Collins, G., & Liu, X. (2021). Chromium evaporation and oxidation characteristics of alumina-forming austenitic stainless steels for balance of plant applications in solid oxide fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(41), 21619-21633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.002

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Chromium evaporation and oxidation characteristics of alumina-forming austenitic stainless steels for balance of plant applications in solid oxide fuel cells. / Zhou, Lingfeng; Zeng, Zhipeng; Brady, Michael P. et al.
In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 46, No. 41, 15.06.2021, p. 21619-21633.

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