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Advanced erosion resistant carbonitride cermets

a carbonitride and corrosion-resistant technology, applied in the field of cermets, can solve the problems of hard solid particles, erosion and corrosion of the internals of the refinery process vessel walls and internals, and the protection of the internals of the vessel,

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-19
EXXON RES & ENG CO
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For example, refinery process vessel walls and internals exposed to aggressive fluids containing hard, solid particles such as catalyst particles in various chemical and petroleum environments are subject to both erosion and corrosion.
The protection of these vessels and internals against erosion and corrosion induced material degradation especially at high temperatures is a technological challenge.
The life span of the state-of-the-art refractory liners is significantly limited by excessive mechanical attrition of the liner from the high velocity solid particle impingement, mechanical cracking and spallation.

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[0032] 70 vol % of 1.3 μm average diameter of TiC0.7N0.3 powder (from Japan New Metals Company) and 30 vol % of 6.7 μm average diameter 304 stainless steel (SS) powder (Osprey Metals, Fe(balance):18.5Cr:9.6Ni:1.4Mn:0.63Si, 95.9% screened below −16 μm) were dispersed with ethanol in HDPE milling jar. The powders in ethanol were mixed for 24 hours with Yttria Toughened Zirconia (YTZ) balls (10 mm diameter, from Tosoh Ceramics) in a ball mill at 100 rpm. The ethanol was removed from the mixed powders by heating at 130° C. for 24 hours in a vacuum oven. The dried powder was compacted in a 40 mm diameter die in a hydraulic uniaxial press (SPEX 3630 Automated X-press) at 5,000 psi. The resulting green disc pellet was ramped up to 400° C. at 25° C. / min in argon and held at 400° C. for 30 min for residual solvent removal. The disc was then heated to 1500° C. at 15° C. / min in argon and held at 1500° C. for 2 hours. The temperature was then reduced to below 100° C. at −15° C. / min.

[0033] The ...

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[0038] 75 vol % of 1.3 μm average diameter of TiC0.3N0.7 powder (from Japan New Metals Company) and 25 vol % of 6.7 μm average diameter Haynes® 566 alloy powder (Osprey Metals, Fe(balance):20.5Cr:20.3Ni: 17.3Co:2.9Mo:2.5W: 0.92Mn:0.45Si:0.47Ta, 96.2% screened below −16 μm) were used to process the cermet disc as described in Example 1. The cermet disc was then heated to 1500° C. at 15° C. / min in argon and held at 1500° C. for 2 hours. The temperature was then reduced to below 100° C. at −15° C. / min.

[0039] The resultant cermet comprised: [0040] i) 74 vol % TiC0.3N0.7 with average grain size of about 2 μm [0041] ii) 2 vol % secondary carbonitride M2(C,N) with average grain size of about 0.5 μm, where M=65Cr:9Mo:12Ti:10Fe:3Co:1Ni in wt % [0042] iii) 1 vol % secondary carbonitride M2(C,N) with average grain size of about 0.5 μm, where M=49Cr:30Mo:7Ti:10Fe:3Co:1Ni in wt % [0043] iv) 23 vol % Cr-depleted alloy binder (36Fe:18Cr:22Ni:21Co:3Ti in wt %).

[0044]FIG. 3 is a SEM image of TiC0....

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[0045] Each of the cermets of Examples 1 and 2 was subjected to an oxidation test. The procedure employed was as follows:

[0046] 1) A specimen cermet of about 10 mm square and about 1 mm thick was polished to 600 grit diamond finish and cleaned in acetone.

[0047] 2) The specimen was then exposed to 100 cc / min air at 800° C. in thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA).

[0048] 3) Step (2) was conducted for 65 hours at 800° C.

[0049] 4) After 65 hours the specimen was allowed to cool to ambient temperature.

[0050] 5) Thickness of oxide scale was determined by cross sectional microscopy examination of the corrosion.

[0051] 6) In FIG. 5 any value less than 150 μm represents acceptable corrosion resistance.

[0052] The FIG. 5 showed that thickness of oxide scale formed on TiC, Ti(C,N) and TiN cermet surface. It is obvious that Ti(C,N) cermet has superior oxidation resistance than TiC or TiN cermet. For Ti(C,N) cermets, the thickness of oxide scale formed on cermet made using Haynes® 556 alloy bind...

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Abstract

The invention includes a cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and a binder phase (RS) wherein, P is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Mn and mixtures thereof, Q is carbonitride, R is a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, Mn and mixtures thereof, S comprises at least one element selected from Cr, Al, Si and Y.

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[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application 60 / 471,994 filed May 20, 2003.FIELD OF INVENTION [0002] The present invention is broadly concerned with cermets, particularly cermet compositions comprising a metal carbonitride. These cermets are suitable for high temperature applications wherein materials with superior erosion and corrosion resistance are required. BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0003] Erosion resistant materials find use in many applications wherein surfaces are subject to eroding forces. For example, refinery process vessel walls and internals exposed to aggressive fluids containing hard, solid particles such as catalyst particles in various chemical and petroleum environments are subject to both erosion and corrosion. The protection of these vessels and internals against erosion and corrosion induced material degradation especially at high temperatures is a technological challenge. Refractory liners are used currently for components requiring p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C22C29/04C23C30/00
CPCC23C30/00C22C29/04
Inventor CHUN, CHANGMINBANGARU, NARASIMHA-RAOJIN, HYUN-WOOKOO, JAYOUNGPETERSON, JOHNANTRAM, ROBERTFOWLER, CHRISTOPHER
Owner EXXON RES & ENG CO