Durability of thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems is important because of recent rising of turbine inlet temperature (TIT) for improved efficiency of industrial gas turbine engines. However, high-temperature environment accelerates the degradation of the TBC as well as causes spalling of the top coat. Spalling of the top coat may be attributed to several factors, but evidently the growth of thermally grown oxide (TGO) should be considered as an important factor. One method for reducing the growth rate of TGO is to provide a dense α-Al2O3 layer at the boundary of the bond coat and top coat. This α-Al2O3 layer will suppress the diffusion of oxygen to the bond coat and consumption of aluminum of the bond coat is suppressed. In this study, we focused on thermal pre-oxidation of the bond coat as a means for forming an α-Al2O3 barrier layer that would be effective at reducing the growth rate of TGO, and we studied the suitable pre-oxidation conditions. In the primary stage, we analyzed the oxidation behavior of the bond coat surface during pre-oxidation heat treatment by means of in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. As a result, we learned that during oxidation in ambient air environment, in the initial stage of oxidation metastable alumina is produced in addition to α-Al2O3, but if the thermal treatment is conducted under some specific low oxygen partial pressure condition, unlike in the ambient air environment, only α-Al2O3 is formed with suppressing formation of metastable alumina. We also conducted transmission electron microscope (TEM) and XRD analysis of oxide scale formed after pre-oxidation heat treatment of the bond coat. As a result, we learned that if pre-oxidation is performed under specific oxygen partial pressure conditions, a monolithic α-Al2O3 layer is formed on the bond coat. We performed a durability evaluation test of TBC with the monolithic α-Al2O3 layer formed by pre-oxidation of the bond coat. An isothermal oxidation test confirmed that the growth of TGO in the TBC that had undergone pre-oxidation was suppressed more thoroughly than that in the TBC that had not undergone pre-oxidation. Cyclic thermal shock test by hydrogen burner rig was also carried out. TBC with the monolithic α-Al2O3 layer has resistance to >2000 cycle thermal shock at a load equivalent to that of actual gas turbine.
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Development of Highly Durable Thermal Barrier Coating by Suppression of Thermally Grown Oxide
Masahiro Negami,
Masahiro Negami
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: negami_masahiro@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: negami_masahiro@khi.co.jp
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Shinya Hibino,
Shinya Hibino
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: hibino_shinya@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: hibino_shinya@khi.co.jp
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Akihito Kawano,
Akihito Kawano
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: kawano_akihito@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
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Yoshimichi Nomura,
Yoshimichi Nomura
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: nomura_ym@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
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Ryozo Tanaka,
Ryozo Tanaka
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: tanaka_r@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
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Kenichiroh Igashira
Kenichiroh Igashira
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: igashira_kenichiroh@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
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Masahiro Negami
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: negami_masahiro@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: negami_masahiro@khi.co.jp
Shinya Hibino
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: hibino_shinya@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: hibino_shinya@khi.co.jp
Akihito Kawano
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: kawano_akihito@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: kawano_akihito@khi.co.jp
Yoshimichi Nomura
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: nomura_ym@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: nomura_ym@khi.co.jp
Ryozo Tanaka
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: tanaka_r@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: tanaka_r@khi.co.jp
Kenichiroh Igashira
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: igashira_kenichiroh@khi.co.jp
1-1, Kawasaki-Cho
,Akashi City 673-8666, Japan
e-mail: igashira_kenichiroh@khi.co.jp
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Contributed by the Manufacturing Materials and Metallurgy Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received August 1, 2017; final manuscript received September 14, 2017; published online April 11, 2018. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Aug 2018, 140(8): 082101 (8 pages)
Published Online: April 11, 2018
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August 1, 2017
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September 14, 2017
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Negami, M., Hibino, S., Kawano, A., Nomura, Y., Tanaka, R., and Igashira, K. (April 11, 2018). "Development of Highly Durable Thermal Barrier Coating by Suppression of Thermally Grown Oxide." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. August 2018; 140(8): 082101. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038607
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