Objective
This project aims to improve the corrosion resistance of stainless steels at elevated temperatures, so that they can be employed in aggressive environments, e.g. in heat exchangers for coal gasification, for waste incineration and for reformer plants. For these purposes, the steels must be able to form protective oxide layers rapidly and at relatively low temperatures, this will be achieved a) by fine grain microstructure and near- surface deformation, b) by the addition of alloying elements, which favour the nucleation and stability of the oxide layer. The proposed improvement will allow the stainless steels to be used at temperatures of 400 to 800C: temperatures not yet accessible with these materials, thus increasing the efficiency of energy recovery in many processes.
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Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
40237 DÜSSELDORF
Germany