Oxidation and Hot Corrosion study of cold sprayed Inconel 718 alloy
Date3rd Jul 2020
Time03:00 PM
Venue Online mode Google Meet
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Inconel 718 (IN 718) alloy is a highly competitive material in the turbine blade sector owing to its oxidation resistance, surface stability and retained mechanical properties at elevated temperatures. Turbine blades during service are subjected to aggressive environments at elevated temperatures. Depending on the conditions, the component may either be damaged over a period of time or in worst case may undergo a catastrophic failure. The replacement cost associated with the alloy component once damaged is high. A more economical approach to this would be focusing on the repairing technology to avoid such expense without compromising the performance of the component. Cold spray technology comes efficient in such scenario. Cold spray process unlike other thermal spray technology depends on the velocity of the inlet gas rather than on the gas temperature involved. Since it overcomes the disadvantages of the other thermal spray processes like phase transformation, oxidation, decomposition and grain growth. It retains the properties of the powder particles used and its mechanical properties can be further improved by heat treatment process. Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing (CSAM) combines the benefits of cold spray and additive manufacturing technologies to produce a near-net product with better properties. Oxidation is an unavoidable event at high temperatures initiating with a protective reactive barrier but rather ends with a deteriorating component damage. Hot corrosion behavior is rather aggressive compared to oxidation in the temperatures between 550˚C 950˚C since the corrosive molten salts presence is inevitable in this range. The reaction rate of the gas turbine engine components shows different behavior according to their application. Marine based turbine engine has more severity towards hot corrosion than oxidation whereas aircraft engine behaves vice-versa. The scope of the research focuses on the behavior of CSAM prepared IN718 sample when subjected to hot corrosion and oxidation environments at high temperatures (650 ˚C - 800 ˚C). The mechanism behind these phenomena are to be studied drawing comparison to that of the wrought IN718 alloy.
Speakers
Ms. Milan Shahana, MM18D015
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering