Corrosion and Erosion Protection to Accelerate Deployment of Sustainable Biomass

Patrick Shower, Scott Weaver, Voramon Dheeradhada, Aida Amroussia, Michael Pagan, Patrick Brennan, Martin Morra, Bruce Pint, Suresh Babu, Phil Gilston, Steve Lombardo, Tamara Russell, Anteneh Kebbede

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Abstract

Thermochemical processing of sustainable biomass paired with carbon capture and storage has the potential to provide 1/7th of the emission mitigations necessary for the world to meet net-zero targets by 2050 while also providing carbon-negative fuel, electricity, and economic development. This work has developed coating solutions to mitigate the hot corrosion that occurs when biomass is processed in boilers, gasifiers, and other thermal conversion equipment, in addition to coating solutions to mitigate solid particle erosion that occurs when steam turbines are used for aggressive load following. Analysis of 66 hot corrosion coatings and 75 solid particle erosion coatings reveals unique mechanisms that enable significantly improved performance relative to conventional coatings used today without increasing material cost. Implications of this work to fuel flexibility, process efficiency, and lessons learned utilizing ICME will also be discussed. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-FE0031911.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages15-25
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISSN (Print)2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1696

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

Funding

Abstract Thermochemical processing of sustainable biomass paired with carbon capture and storage has the potential to provide 1/7th of the emission mitigations necessary for the world to meet net-zero targets by 2050 while also providing carbon-negative fuel, electricity, and economic development. This work has developed coating solutions to mitigate the hot corrosion that occurs when biomass is processed in boilers, gasifiers, and other thermal conversion equipment, in addition to coating solutions to mitigate solid particle erosion that occurs when steam turbines are used for aggressive load following. Analysis of 66 hot corrosion coatings and 75 solid particle erosion coatings reveals unique mechanisms that enable significantly improved performance relative to conventional coatings used today without increasing material cost. Implications of this work to fuel flexibility, process efficiency, and lessons learned utilizing ICME will also be discussed. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-FE0031911.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-FE0031911

    Keywords

    • Biomass
    • Coating
    • High temperature corrosion
    • Solid particle erosion

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