Title |
Super-ferritic Stainless Steels - The Cost Effective Answer for Heat Transfer Tubing |
Source |
CORROSION 2008, March 16 - 20, 2008 , New Orleans LA |
Copyright |
2008. NACE International |
Keywords |
High performance stainless steels, super-ferritic stainless steels, super-austenitic stainless steels, super-duplex stainless steels, heat exchanger tubing, stainless steel corrosion resistance, vibration, erosion, thermal conductivity |
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ABSTRACT to titanium grade 2 in applications such as seawater and other high chloride applications. At that time, titanium was in was high priced and had a long lead time, not unlike today. over the last 10 years, the majority of the seawater capable high- performance stainless steel literature and usage has been focused on super-austenitic (6% and 7% Mo alloys) and super duplex alloys. While the performance of these alloys is very good, today's nickel and molybdenum material prices have driven the price of these alloys skyward. The power industry has recognized the effectiveness super-ferritics and over 78,000,000 feet are in usage since beginning in early 1980. The low nickel and moderate molybdenum content for excellent chloride resistance, has driven a substantially increased use of the super-ferritic alloys. This paper traces usage in power plant heat exchanger applications and compares properties such as corrosion resistance, mechanical and physical properties and compares them to the other seawater and MIC resistant grades. significant amounts of nickel and molybdenum, such as the austenitic and duplex grades, have experienced significant price increases and some spot shortages have resulted in some regions. Today's super-austenitic prices are about three times the value of late 2003. With low nickel content and reasonable molybdenum content, super-ferritic stainless steels are now proving to be the most cost effective. In Power Station Equipments, The choice ofcondenser tubes is vital to the investment and maintenance costs of the whole equipments.LSI are going to forecast the direction of the market of application of superferritic stainless steel tubes in condensers and analysis the advantages ofsuper ferritic stainless steel tubes compared with normal austenitic stainlesssteel tubes and titanium tubes from the aspects of chemicalcompositions,anti-corrosion capabilities, physical properties and mechanicalproperties of super ferritic stainless steel tubes. Chemical Composition: S44660 super ferritic stainless steel tube istheir high contents of Chromium and Molybdenum, and it has Titanium and niobiumas stabilizing elements. The organization of material makes them with highstrength properties, good elongation and low rate of work hardening. Characteristics of material: Super ferritic stainless steel is a kind ofalloy be used for anti-pitting corrosion,crevise corrosion and stress corrosionunder the environment of chloride. It has good heat conductivities,highanti-chloridion corrosion and marine life corrosion, extremely high modulus ofelasticity,high fatigue strength and hardness impact attack resistance,coefficient of linear expansion will be the same as carbon steel and unit pricewill be equal or economic than titanium tubes. Weldability to other stainless steels Compared with Titanium, No easier to havehydrogen brittleness phenomenon. Dimension LSI provide: OD: 12.7-38.1mm WTH: 0.4-2.5mm Max. Length: 20 Meters Standards: ASME SA268,ASME SA688,ASMESA803,ASTM A268. This alloy is specifically designed forapplications where chloride induced pitting, crevice and stress corrosion cracking may be encountered and is used in: 1.Electric Power Plant Condensers and FeedwaterHeaters 2.BOP Exchangers 3.Various Heat Exchangers in Chemical,Petrochemical and Refining Applications 4.Desalination Heat Exchangers 5.Flue Gas Handling Systems
the history and performance of high performance stainless steel use in power plant condensers through the late 1990's. The meters of condenser tubing shipped in each year is documented separated by stainless group |