scholarly journals The Effect of Coating Composition and Geometry on Thermal Barrier Coatings Lifetime

2018 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Pint ◽  
Michael J. Lance ◽  
J. Allen Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Average Lifetime ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coatings ◽  
Bond Coating ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

Several factors are being investigated that affect the performance of thermal barrier coatings (TBC) for use in land-based gas turbines where coatings are mainly thermally sprayed. This study examined high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF), air plasma-sprayed (APS), and vacuum plasma-sprayed (VPS) MCrAlYHfSi bond coatings with APS YSZ top coatings at 900–1100 °C. For superalloy 247 substrates and VPS coatings tested in 1 h cycles at 1100 °C, removing 0.6 wt %Si had no effect on average lifetime in 1 h cycles at 1100 °C, but adding 0.3%Ti had a negative effect. Rod specimens were coated with APS, HVOF, and HVOF with an outer APS layer bond coating and tested in 100 h cycles in air + 10%H2O at 1100 °C. With an HVOF bond coating, initial results indicate that 12.5 mm diameter rod specimens have much shorter 100 h cycle lifetimes than disk specimens. Much longer lifetimes were obtained when the bond coating had an inner HVOF layer and outer APS layer.

scholarly journals The Effect of Coating Composition and Geometry on TBC Lifetime

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Pint ◽  
Michael J. Lance ◽  
J. Allen Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Average Lifetime ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Bond Coatings ◽  
Bond Coating ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Plasma Sprayed ◽  
Oxygen Fuel ◽  
Thermally Sprayed ◽  
Tbc Lifetime

Several factors are being investigated that affect the performance of thermal barrier coatings (TBC) for use in land-based gas turbines where coatings are mainly thermally sprayed. This study examined high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF), air plasma sprayed (APS) and vacuum plasma sprayed (VPS) MCrAlYHfSi bond coatings with APS YSZ top coatings at 900°–1100°C. For superalloy 247 substrates and VPS coatings tested in 1-h cycles at 1100°C, removing 0.6wt.%Si had no effect on average lifetime in 1-h cycles at 1100°C, but adding 0.3%Ti had a negative effect. Rod specimens were coated with APS, HVOF and HVOF with an outer APS layer bond coating and tested in 100-h cycles in air+10%H2O at 1100°C. With an HVOF bond coating, initial results indicate that 12.5 mm diameter rod specimens have much shorter 100-h cycle lifetimes than disk specimens. Longer lifetimes were obtained when the bond coating had an inner HVOF layer and outer APS layer.

scholarly journals Effect of APS Flash Bond Coatings on Furnace Cycle Lifetime of Disks and Rods

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Pint ◽  
Michael J. Lance ◽  
J. Allen Haynes ◽  
Edward J. Gildersleeve ◽  
Sanjay Sampath
Keyword(s):  
Crack Formation ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
High Velocity Oxygen Fuel ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coatings ◽  
Bond Coating ◽  
Coating Roughness ◽  
Plasma Sprayed ◽  
Oxygen Fuel

Abstract Air plasma sprayed (APS) flash coatings on high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) bond coatings are well known to extend the lifetime of thermal barrier coatings. Recent work compared flash coatings of NiCoCrAlY and NiCoCrAlYHfSi applied to both rods and disk substrates of alloy 247. For rod specimens, 100-h cycles were used at 1100°C in wet air. Both flash coatings significantly improved the lifetime compared to HVOF-only and VPS-only MCrAlY bond coatings with no statistical difference between the two flash coatings. For disk specimens tested in 1-h cycles at 1100°C in wet air, the NiCoCrAlY flash coating significantly outperformed an HVOF-only NiCoCrAlYHfSi bond coating and a NiCoCrAlYHfSi flash coating. The flash coatings formed a mixed oxide-metal zone that appeared to inhibit crack formation and extend lifetime. In addition to the flash coating increasing the bond coating roughness, the underlying HVOF layer acted as a source of Al for this intermixed zone and prevented the oxide from penetrating deeper into the bond coating. The lower Y+Hf level in the Y-only flash coating appeared to minimize oxidation in the flash layer, thereby increasing the benefit compared to a NiCoCrAlYHfSi flash coating.

scholarly journals An image-based model for the sintering of air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings

2021 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 116649
Author(s):  
Xun Zhang ◽  
Alan C.F. Cocks ◽  
Yoshifumi Okajima ◽  
Kazuma Takeno ◽  
Taiji Torigoe
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

NONDESTRUCTIVE IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY EVALUATION OF THE BOND COAT OXIDATION IN THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (05) ◽  
pp. 935-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. YANG ◽  
Y. C. ZHOU ◽  
W. G. MAO ◽  
Q. X. LIU
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Spectroscopy ◽  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coat ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Model ◽  
Isothermal Oxidation ◽  
Thermally Grown Oxide ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Air Plasma ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Plasma Sprayed

In this paper, the impedance spectroscopy technique was employed to examine nondestructively the isothermal oxidation of air plasma sprayed (APS) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) in air at 800°C. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were also used to characterize the microstructure evolution of TBCs. After oxidation, the thermally grown oxide (TGO), which was mainly composed of alumina as confirmed by EDX, formed at the upper ceramic coat/bond coat interface, the lower bond coat/substrate interface, and the bond coat. Impedance diagrams obtained from impedance measurements at room temperature were analyzed according to the equivalent circuit model proposed for the TBCs. Various observed electrical responses relating to the growth of oxides and the sintering of YSZ were explained by simulating the impedance spectra of the TBCs.

Bond coating issues in thermal barrier coatings for industrial gas turbines

2005 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. G. Wright ◽  
B. A. Pint
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Thermal Barrier Coatings ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Metallic Surface ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Protective Oxide ◽  
Barrier Coatings ◽  
Bond Coating ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Thermal barrier coatings are intended to work in conjunction with internal cooling schemes to reduce the metal temperature of critical hot gas path components in gas turbine engines. The thermal resistance is typically provided by a 100-250 μm thick layer of ceramic (most usually zirconia stabilized with an addition of 7–8 wt% of yttria), and this is deposited on to an approximately 50 μ thick, metallic bond coating that is intended to anchor the ceramic to the metallic surface, to provide some degree of mechanical compliance, and to act as a reservoir of protective scale-forming elements (Al) to protect the underlying superalloy from high-temperature corrosion. A feature of importance to the durability of thermal barrier coatings is the early establishment of a continuous, protective oxide layer (preferably α-alumina) at the bond coating—ceramic interface. Because zirconia is permeable to oxygen, this oxide layer continues to grow during service. Some superalloys are inherently resistant to high-temperature oxidation, so a separate bond coating may not be needed in those cases. Thermal barrier coatings have been in service in aeroengines for a number of years, and the use of this technology for increasing the durability and/or efficiency of industrial gas turbines is currently of significant interest. The data presented were taken from an investigation of routes to optimize bond coating performance, and the focus of the paper is on the influences of reactive elements and Pt on the oxidation behaviour of NiAl-based alloys determined in studies using cast versions of bond coating compositions.

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