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The Diagnostics of Power Boilers in Terms of Their Sustainability

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  • Monika Gwoździk

    (Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology, Czestochowa University of Technology, Armii Krajowej Street 19, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Joanna Depciuch

    (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31 342 Krakow, Poland
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland)

Abstract

Diagnosing steam pipelines is crucial because they are subjected to a water vapor environment and exhaust gases. Layers of oxides/deposits formed on steel utilized at elevated temperatures for long time periods have a significant impact on elements operating in power plants as well as in combined heat and power plants. Currently, these devices are an important topic of sustainable energy development. The aim of this work was to characterize the structure of the steel and of the oxides/deposit layer formed on the steam superheaters of power boilers and its impact on the durability of power equipment. The tests were carried out on 13CrMo4-5 steel utilized at various temperature and time parameters. In order to assess the degradation of the material, the following research methods were used: light microscopy, X-ray structural analysis, and infrared spectroscopy with Fourier transform. The use of the FTIR method in this type of diagnostics has deepened the existing analysis of oxide/sediment layers. The obtained test results showed that the kinetics of the corrosion process on steel being used for long periods at elevated temperatures is complex and depends, among others, on the element’s operating temperature, the operating time, and the flow medium.

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  • Monika Gwoździk & Joanna Depciuch, 2023. "The Diagnostics of Power Boilers in Terms of Their Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:24:p:16877-:d:1300914
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