Development of Coating Technologies for High Temperature, Chlorine Induced, Corrosion Mitigation in Biomass, Waste to Energy and Other Process Plants
Status: Completed
Date Announced: August, 2009
Project reference: 19977
The high temperature, chlorine-induced corrosion encountered with biomass and municipal solid waste combustion will be addresed by the development of thermal spray coatings with improved properties in aggressive power generation environments. - Benefits to operators will include increased combustion temperatures, recoverable energy efficiency and plant maintenance intervals; and reduced life cycle costs, pollutants, unscheduled breakdowns and lost days per annum. The use of advanced coatings will eliminate the need for expensive superalloy substrates that cost up to 100 times the price of steel. - The technology is applicable to waste-to-energy, biomass, co-firing, petrochemical and other process plants. - Coating performance will be ranked using TWI's high temperature test facility and field trials will be undertaken to generate real life performance data.