Persona: Muelas Gamo, Raúl
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Publicación Restringido Microstructural Evolution of Slurry Fe Aluminide Coatings during High Temperature Steam Oxidation(Trans Tech Publications, 2008-09-15) Agüero, Alina; Spiradek, Krystina; Höfinger, S; Gutiérrez del Olmo, Marcos; Muelas Gamo, RaúlSlurry iron aluminide coatings are very resistant to steam oxidation at 600-650º C. These coatings can be used to protect new generation Ultra Super Critical (USC) steam power plant ferritic/martensitic steel components. The microstructure of the initially deposited coating changes as a function of time, mainly due to coating-substrate interdiffusion, going from mostly Fe2Al5 to FeAl, causing the precipitation of AlN in those substrates containing a minimum content of N and moreover, developing Kirkendall porosity at the coating-substrate interface. Steam oxidation at 650º C causes the formation of a protective thin layer of hexagonal χ-Al2O3 phase along with some α- and γ-Al2O3 after the first few hours of exposure. However, despite the relatively low temperature, and after several thousands hours the protective layer was mostly composed of α-Al2O3. A study of the evolution of the microstructure of slurry aluminide coatings deposited on P92 and exposed to steam at 650º C has been carried out by scanning and transmission electron microscopy and X ray diffraction.Publicación Restringido Hot corrosion study of coated separator plates of molten carbonate fuel cells by slurry aluminides(Elsevier, 2002-12-02) Pérez Trujillo, Francisco Javier; Duday, David; Hierro, María Pilar; Gómez de Castro, Consuelo; Agüero, Alina; García, M. C.; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Sánchez Pascual, A.; Martínez, L.The corrosion behavior of Al coated AISI 310S stainless steel by slurry and ion vapor deposition (IVD) was investigated as an electrolyte seal material in a mounted carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) at 650 °C. The results were compared with uncoated AISI 310S stainless steel and TA6V alloy. The characterization of the samples after exposure to the eutectic 62 mol.% Li2CO3–38 mol.% K2CO3 mixture at 650 °C up to 1000 h has shown the presence of LiAlO2 (coated samples), LiFeO2 and LiCrO2 (stainless steels), and Li2TiO3 (TA6V) oxides at the scale–melt interface. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique has shown high values of polarization resistances for TA6V and lower values for coated steels. The uncoated AISI 310S stainless steel have shown the lowest polarization resistance. A mechanism for the corrosion of Al-coated stainless steels in molten carbonate is proposed taking into account thermodynamic simulations, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterizations, and EIS results. This proposed mechanism confirms that a slurry aluminide coating is able to improve the stainless steel behavior in molten carbonate. However, the TA6V titanium alloy is the most resistant material in molten carbonate but the Al-coated stainless steels appear as the best lifetime-cost compromise.Publicación Restringido HVOF-Deposited WCCoCr as Replacement for Hard Cr in Landing Gear Actuators(Springer Nature Link, 2011-10-05) Agüero, Alina; Camón, F.; García de Blas, Javier; del Hoyo Gordillo, Juan Carlos; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Santaballa, A.; Ulargui, S.; Vallés, P.WCCoCr coatings deposited by HVOF can replace hard Cr on landing gear components. Powders with two different WC particle sizes (micro and nano-) and geometries have been employed to study the effects on the coating’s properties. Moreover, coatings produced employing two sets of parameters resulting in high and low flame temperatures have been evaluated. Minor differences in microstructure and morphology were observed for the two powders employing the same spraying parameters, but the nano-sized powder exhibited a higher spraying efficiency. However, more significant microstructural changes result when the low- and high-energy spray parameters are used. Moreover, results of various tests which include adhesion, wear, salt fog corrosion resistance, liquid immersion, and axial fatigue strength, indicate that the coatings produced with high-energy flame are similar in behavior. On the other hand, the nanostructured low-energy flame coating exhibited a significantly lower salt fog corrosion resistance.Publicación Restringido Thermal spray coatings for molten carbonate fuel cells separator plates(Elsevier, 2001-10-30) Agüero, Alina; García de Blas, Javier; García, M. C.; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Román Gárate, AliciaMolten salt corrosion at the wet seal of separator plates is one of the principal life-limiting factors of molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC). The wet seal must therefore be coated with an aluminide layer that is commonly produced by ion vapor deposition (IVD) of Al followed by heat treatment. However, this coating only lasts approximately 20 000 h and not the 40 000 h expected for a cell life. Moreover, the IVD Al coating is also very expensive since only a few plates can be coated simultaneously due to size limitations of the existing commercial vacuum chambers employed in IVD. The need of heat treatment further increases costs, particularly since it requires long heating and cooling cycles in order to minimize distortion of the thin stainless steel plates. Thermally sprayed coatings constitute an alternative that requires neither containment nor heat treatment, and also provides the possibility of depositing materials more resistant to molten carbonates than plain aluminides. However, separator plates coated by thermal spray suffer distortion, due both to sand blasting (usually required prior to coating), and to the heat transfer process that occurs during the spraying process. In this work, commercially available coatings have been applied by plasma spray and high velocity oxyfuel (HVOF), employing alternative surface preparation methods. Moreover, substrate pre-heating and/or cooling during deposition were examined in order to eliminate substrate distortion. FeCrAl, and NiAl as well as a quasi-crystalline approximant alloy AlCoFeCr were deposited on AISI 310 foils, and after optimization the resulting coatings were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The optimized coatings were then tested by immersion in a 62 mol.% Li2CO3/38 mol.% K2CO3 molten carbonate eutectic mixture at 700°C and by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. IVD Al coatings were also tested for comparison purposes. The results indicate that FeCrAl exhibits a higher molten salt corrosion resistance than IVD aluminide coatings whereas NiAl was attacked shortly after the beginning of the test. The QC approximant AlCoFeCr resisted 1000 h of attack but its composition changed. Grinding of the substrate prior to coating resulted in good adhesion and substrate distortion was minimized by Ar cooling during deposition.Publicación Restringido Long exposure steam oxidation testing and mechanical properties of slurry aluminide coatings for steam turbine components(Elsevier, 2005-11-21) Osgerby, Steve; Pastor Muro, Ana; Agüero, Alina; Muelas Gamo, RaúlImportant efforts to develop new steels or to protect high creep strength steels in order to allow operation of steam turbines at 650 °C are being carried out world-wide to increase efficiency. Within the European Project “SUPERCOAT” (Coatings for Supercritical Steam Cycles), work has been concentrated in the development of coatings to withstand 50,000–100,000 h of operation at 650 °C under high pressure steam. Aluminide coatings on ferritic–martensitic steels produced by applying an Al slurry followed by a diffusion heat treatment, have shown to be protective at 650 °C under steam for at least 32,000 h of laboratory steam exposure under atmospheric pressure. Although the “as diffused” coatings present through thickness cracks, these do not propagate during exposure to steam or thermal cycling and no new cracks seem to develop. Moreover, no changes in residual stresses could be observed after thermal cycling. Microstructural characterization of samples at different periods of exposures has been carried out by SEM-EDS and XRD. The principal mechanism of coating degradation is loss of Al at the surface due to inwards diffusion. Microhardness as well as Young's modulus and fracture strength were measured using well established techniques. The coatings show reasonable ductility (∼1.6%) when stressed in tension between room temperature and 400 °C which further increases at higher temperatures providing evidence that the coatings should withstand the mechanical conditions likely to be encountered in service.Publicación Restringido Steam Oxidation of Slurry Aluminide Coatings on Ferritic Steels for Advanced Coal-Fired Steam Power Plants(Scientific.Net, 2004-08-12) Agüero, Alina; Muelas Gamo, RaúlThe use of slurry aluminide coatings on ferrite steels for advanced coal-fired steam power plants were analyzed. The materials used were found to have good high temperature oxidation resistance and deposited by techniques that can be employed to coat large steam turbine components either at the plant or at their location of manufacture. Laboratory steam oxidation testing as well as characterization of the coatings both before and after exposure was also presented. The results have provided information regarding the mechanism of protection and degradation of these coatings as well as insight for new coating development.Publicación Acceso Abierto Slurry and Thermal Spray Coatings for Protection of New Generation Steam Engine Components(ASM International, 2001-03-14) Agüero, Alina; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Román Gárate, AliciaPublicación Restringido Al Slurry Coatings for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Separator Plates(Scientific.Net, 2001-01-20) Agüero, Alina; García, M. C.; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Sánchez, A.; Pérez, Francisco J.; Duday, David; Hierro, M. P.; Gómez, ConsueloThe corrosion behaviour of Al slurry coated AISI 310 stainless steel, with and without diffusion heat treatment, was investigated as a wet seal material for molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) at 650°C. The results were compared with IVD Al coated AISI 310. Characterization of the samples before and after exposure to the eutectic 62 mol% Li2CO3-38 mol% K2CO3 mixture at 650°C for 1000 h by SEM-EDS and XRD was carried out. The presence of LiAlO2 on the coated samples was confirmed by XRD. The slurry Al-coated stainless steels performed at least as well as the IVD Al coating.Publicación Restringido Steam Oxidation Resistant Coatings for Steam Turbine Components: A Feasibility Study(Scientific.Net, 2001-10-20) Agüero, Alina; García de Blas, Javier; Muelas Gamo, Raúl; Sánchez, A.; Tsipas, Sophia A.The principal objective of the COST Action 522 is to raise the operating temperatures of both gas and steam turbines in order to increase their efficiency to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Concerning steam turbines, the operating temperature is expected to rise from 550°C to 650°C, and the use of oxidation resistant coatings is being considered for the first time in Europe. In this preliminary work, two deposition techniques have so far been explored: slurry paints and atmospheric plasma spray (APS). Commercially available materials, known to have good oxidation resistance, were selected for both deposition techniques: one aluminium slurry and three alloyed materials for thermal spray: AlFe, FeCrAl and NiAl. The coatings were characterised by SEM-EDS and steam oxidation testing was carried out at 650°C. The preliminary findings show that some of the studied coatings may offer adequate protection.Publicación Restringido Steam Oxidation Testing of Coatings for Next Generation Steam Power Plant Components(Scientific.Net, 2006-08-14) Agüero, Alina; Gutiérrez del Olmo, Marcos; Muelas Gamo, RaúlTo achieve higher power generation efficiency in steam turbines, operating temperatures are expected to rise from 550°C to 650°C. The use of oxidation resistant coatings on currently available materials, with high creep strength but inferior steam oxidation resistance, is being explored in order to accomplish this goal in the context of the European project “Coatings for Supercritical Steam Cycles” (SUPERCOAT). Coating techniques have been chosen on the basis of being potentially appropriate for coating steam turbine components: the application of metallic and ceramic slurries, pack cementation and the deposition of alloyed and cermet materials by thermal spray. The coatings were characterised by metallography, SEM-EDS and XRD and steam oxidation and thermal cycling laboratory testing was carried out at 650º C. In this presentation, the testing results of selected coatings will be shown including those which exhibit the most promising behaviour. For instance, slurry aluminides have been exposed to steam at 650°C for more than 38,000 h (test ongoing) without evidence of substrate attack. Some HVOF coatings such as FeAl, NiCr and FeCr also have shown excellent behaviour. The results have provided information regarding the mechanism of protection and degradation of these coatings as well as insight into new coating development.
