TY - GEN
T1 - 3 Ton Melting with CaO Desulfurization of Ni-Base Single Crystal Superalloy TMS-1700, Simulating a Recycling of Used Turbine Blades
AU - Yokokawa, Tadaharu
AU - Harada, Hiroshi
AU - Kawagishi, Kyoko
AU - Sakamoto, Masao
AU - Osawa, Makoto
AU - Takata, Yuji
AU - Yuyama, Michinari
AU - Kobayashi, Toshiharu
AU - Sugiyama, Takuya
AU - Suzuki, Shinsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the project of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), under “Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA), JPMJAL1302.” The authors would like to thank Dr. K. Yamane of IHI Master Metal Co. ltd. (present in IHI Co.) for the alloy melting in the commercial large furnace. The authors also acknowledge the help offered by Dr. S. Kawada, Dr. S. Ito, and Dr. A. Iwanade of NIMS in chemical composition analyses of alloying elements.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This research was supported by the project of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), under “Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA), JPMJAL1302.” The authors would like to thank Dr. K. Yamane of IHI Master Metal Co. ltd. (present in IHI Co.) for the alloy melting in the commercial large furnace. The authors also acknowledge the help offered by Dr. S. Kawada, Dr. S. Ito, and Dr. A. Iwanade of NIMS in chemical composition analyses of alloying elements.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In order to investigate the applicability of a direct and complete recycling method to commercial-scale ingot production, 3 tons of a Ni-base single crystal (SC) superalloy, TMS-1700(MGA1700) was melted and desulfurized by CaO during the melting. Sulfur content in the molten alloy was reduced from about 23 ppm to about 2 ppm within 60 min after adding granular CaO to the molten alloy. Microstructural observations using SEM and EPMA showed no presence of inclusions caused by CaO addition. Creep rupture lives of the recycle-simulated TMS-1700 were equivalent to that of the standard TMS-1700 under the conditions from 800 °C/735 MPa to 1100 °C/137 MPa. The recycle-simulated TMS-1700 exhibits even better oxidation resistance compared with the standard TMS-1700, which has better oxidation resistance than CMSX-4TM. Thus, it became clear that the CaO desulfurization improves the oxidation resistance of Ni-base superalloys. High cycle fatigue (HCF) properties of the standard and the recycle-simulated TMS-1700 were equivalent. From the results described above, it has been suggested that the application of direct and complete recycling method to commercial-scale ingot production is feasible.
AB - In order to investigate the applicability of a direct and complete recycling method to commercial-scale ingot production, 3 tons of a Ni-base single crystal (SC) superalloy, TMS-1700(MGA1700) was melted and desulfurized by CaO during the melting. Sulfur content in the molten alloy was reduced from about 23 ppm to about 2 ppm within 60 min after adding granular CaO to the molten alloy. Microstructural observations using SEM and EPMA showed no presence of inclusions caused by CaO addition. Creep rupture lives of the recycle-simulated TMS-1700 were equivalent to that of the standard TMS-1700 under the conditions from 800 °C/735 MPa to 1100 °C/137 MPa. The recycle-simulated TMS-1700 exhibits even better oxidation resistance compared with the standard TMS-1700, which has better oxidation resistance than CMSX-4TM. Thus, it became clear that the CaO desulfurization improves the oxidation resistance of Ni-base superalloys. High cycle fatigue (HCF) properties of the standard and the recycle-simulated TMS-1700 were equivalent. From the results described above, it has been suggested that the application of direct and complete recycling method to commercial-scale ingot production is feasible.
KW - CaO desulfurization
KW - Creep
KW - Ni-base single crystal superalloys
KW - Oxidation resistance
KW - Recycle
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9_39
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9_39
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091321769
SN - 9783030518332
T3 - Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
SP - 400
EP - 407
BT - Superalloys 2020 - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Superalloys
A2 - Tin, Sammy
A2 - Hardy, Mark
A2 - Clews, Justin
A2 - Cormier, Jonathan
A2 - Feng, Qiang
A2 - Marcin, John
A2 - O'Brien, Chris
A2 - Suzuki, Akane
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 14th International Symposium on Superalloys, Superalloys 2021
Y2 - 12 September 2021 through 16 September 2021
ER -